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A fairytale dream came true for a little girl when she was taken to First Communion dressed as a princess in a white horse-drawn ‘pumpkin’ carriage.

Dozens lined the streets and traffic was brought to a standstill in King’s Cross on Sunday as little Shannon O’Donoghue-Page left her home on her big day.

The eight-year-old is the daughter of Craig Page, who tragically died on a building site in Hampstead in 2009.

Her mother, Michelle, said: “As soon as me and Craig knew I was expecting a girl I knew I’d make this day as magical as possible.

“I wanted to make it right for her – it is every little girl’s dream.

“I can’t draw to save my life, I can’t even draw a stick man. But I told a dressmaker, who did Shannon’s baptism, how I wanted it and it came out perfectly.

“I didn’t take my communion – but I lived out my little dream with her.”

She added: “I can’t believe the day has been and gone. It felt weird. I got emotional. I took my nan in the carriage. She is 85. But it should have been Craig. He was missing. It has been seven years now and Shannon was 14 months.”

Construction firm Harris Calnan was fined £80,000 at the Old Bailey in 2012 for overloading a crane that tipped and killed Mr Page, 26. He was helping excavate a home in Denning Road, Hampstead.

Ms O’Donoghue said police would have “had a field day” on Sunday because of all the drivers stopping to take photos.

The carriage took Shannon around the block a couple of times before dropping her off at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, in Copenhagen Street, King’s Cross.

Fourteen children had their First Communion – a Catholic religious ceremony – at the church in a service officiated by Father Seamus.