A look back at Princess Diana's bridesmaids

Five adorable girls accompanied the soon-to-be princess of Wales down the aisle in
1981

The royal wedding is bringing back many memories of Charles and Diana's big day back in 1981. There is a lot of renewed wedding interest in Di's bridesmaids. Who were the five girls in the bridal party? And what are they up to now?

Sarah Chatto (nee Armstrong-Jones) had the most high-profile gig of all the bridesmaids. Not only was she the maid of honor, she also had to take primary responsibility for handling Diana's 25-foot-long wedding train. She is the daughter of Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret, and photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones.

India Hicks is probably the best-remembered of Diana's five bridesmaids. Hicks, goddaughter of Charles, was only 13 at the time. Moments before the ceremony, the princess encouraged Hicks to do her best to help with the unwieldy 25-foot-long train.

Sarah-Jane Gaselee was even younger. Just 11 at the time of the wedding, Gaselee's father, racehorse trainer Nick Gaselee, had taught Prince Charles how to ride. In a 2008 interview with the U.K.'s Mail Online, she recalled the moment Diana asked her to be part of the wedding party. "I remember Diana giving me a piggyback ride when she asked me."

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Catherine Cameron was only six. The daughter of Prince Charles's friend Lady Cecil Cameron, now 36, went on to receive her education at St. Mary's Ascot and Edinburgh University. According to the Telegraph, she now works as a literary agent. But Catherine wasn't the youngest.

That honor goes to Clementine Hambro, great-granddaughter of Winston Churchill. She was only 5 at the time; she's now 35. Diana was her kindergarten teacher, and Hambro was one of her favorite students. A 2001 article from People magazine recalls a famous moment in the big day when Hambro tripped and began to cry. Diana, always calm, "gently asked the young girl if she had 'bumped her bottom.'"