It should have played centre stage at one of the most eagerly anticipated events of recent years; the wedding of Meghan Markle to Prince Harry at Windsor Castle.
But after Thomas Markle was let unable to fly to Britain after suffering a heart attack, the suit he would have worn to lead his daughter up the aisle of St George’s Chapel was left languishing in a tailor’s wardrobe.
And there it would have stayed, but for an unlikely twist of fate.
When sports PR Johnno Spence decided to get himself kitted out with a new outfit for last week’s Royal Ascot his Savile Row tailor said he had just the thing in mind - Mr Markle’s tail suit.
With both men being of similar shape and size the suit needed only...