*Terminally ill five-year-old girl has ‘dream wedding ’ with her best friend after writing on her bucket list she wanted to get married*

Guests dress as Eileidh Paterson's favourite characters as she 'ties the knot' with six-year-old pal

A TERMINALLY-ILL five-year-old girl has ticked off “dream wedding ” from the top of her bucket list after a touching ceremony with her best friend.

Brave Eileidh Paterson, who has the childhood cancer neuroblastoma, was joined by hundreds of well-wishers as she ‘married’ Harrison Grier, six, in a fairy tale-themed bash over the weekend. homecoming dresses 2018 plus size

Brave Eileidh Paterson ‘married’ pal Harrison Grier in ‘dream wedding ’

Little Eileidh suffers from childhood cancer neuroblastoma

Guests wore fancy dress for the fairy tale-themed bash in Aberdeen conference centre

His dad Billy Grier, 31, said: “Harrison had never been to a wedding before, so this was all new to him.

“But it was a beautiful ceremony and he enjoyed every minute. He was quite excited to do it. Ever since he met Eileidh, they have been inseparable.

“I think he knew what was going on. He certainly knew how important it was to her and wanted to do whatever he could for her.”

Close friends and family gathered in a meeting room at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, as the children, both from Forres, Moray, held hands and exchanged necklaces.

A lone piper got the event under way and was followed to a makeshift altar by a procession of costumed superheroes and princesses.

Eileidh was walked into the room by her older brother Callum, to When You Wish Upon a Star from Disney film Pinocchio.

Zara Grant, who runs children’s entertainment firm Love Rara, then read out a version of Eileidh’s life story written in the style of a fairy tale.

The story, penned by Eileidh’s mum Gail Paterson, called the neuroblastoma which has blighted her childhood an “evil beast”.

Gail described her daughter as “a princess who would stop at nothing to survive” while document