Moment nervous groom prepares for 'first look' at stunning bride - before being pranked by best man in £1 tiara

This is the moment a Stockport groom prepared for this emotional 'first look' at his stunning bride - before his best man stole the show.

Nervous John McDonagh was expecting to see fiancée Zoey Lacey, now McDonagh, as he turned around. The couple were about to tie the knot and their photographer had been asked to get ready for the touching moment John would see the 'beautiful bride' for the first time in her dress.

But when John was told to turn around, he was instead greeted to groomsman Hamza Shep donning his sister's old wedding dress and the bargain tiara. Instead of shedding a tear at his stunning bride, 33-year-old John burst out laughing at the prank. Now, he is preparing to get his own back at Hamza's wedding later this year.

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John said: "I didn't know anything about it. I hadn't seen Zoey all day and in my head I was going to turn around and start to bawling my eyes out as I would see my wife on my wedding day.

"When I was waiting for Zoey, the emotions were kicking in. I had butterflies then turned around and it all went. It turned into sheer, hysterical laughter."

John had been expecting a special 'private moment' with Zoey, 33, in the gardens of their wedding venue in Burnley before Hamza stole the scene. The best friends first met when Hamza started dating John's younger sister and he claims since then, they have had a 'really close relationship'.

John said: "Hamza is my future brother-in-law. We have a man crush relationship, as my wife likes to put it. There are times she has said she's like the third-wheel in the relationship when we're together.

"A week or so before the wedding, my little sister and Hamza reached out to my