Prince William and Kate Middleton’s big day today is a fairytale that has been spun in Bradford – almost literally.

Because when they set off on their honeymoon, they’ll be doing it in bespoke designer clothes proudly stamped with Made in Bradford.

Wool textile workers at Bradford-based Bulmer & Lumb have produced special cloth fit for a prince and princess as they leave behind the celebrations in Westminster Abbey today.

The company has dyed, spun and woven cloth for the wardrobes of Britain’s future King Prince William and his bride Kate Middleton.

A top Savile Row tailoring firm has taken delivery of the grey worsted suiting cloth and grey flannel which has been processed by the Buttershaw-based Bulmer & Lumb Group. The fabric has been made from merino wool donated by more than 200 Australian wool growers.

Some of the cloth has been used to make clothes for the royal newlyweds, with the rest auctioned off for one of the Prince’s favourite charities.

Bulmer & Lumb director Bill Waterhouse said the company received the wool in March and pulled out all the stops to have it ready in time for today’s wedding. Dyeing and spinning was undertaken by Bulmers and the cloth woven by Taylor & Lodge, its Huddersfield-based fine worsted subsidiary.

“It was a prestige job and one that we were delighted to get,” said Mr Waterhouse, whose company has processed Australian wools for many years.

Read more on this story in Friday's Telegraph & Argus