TELEVISION bride Sam Lilley walked down the aisle using a Zimmer frame for her dream wedding in Cyprus on Friday.

Millions of viewers tuned in to watch injured GMTV bride Sam, aged 23, marry her childhood sweetheart, Bolton barber Darren Foster, aged 31, after she suffered a broken ankle this week.

Determined Sam tied the knot at St Georges Chapel in Paphos, Cyprus.

The couple have spent the last 12 weeks in a whirl since their big day was selected to be featured on the ITV1 breakfast show.

GMTV viewers have been voting for several weeks on all aspects of the wedding, from the cake to the dress and even the hair and make-up.

Viewers watched the emotion and tears unfold throughout the morning as the moment when Sam, from Hollins in Bury, and Darren, from Radcliffe, said "I do", drew ever closer.

Sam arrived in a horsedrawn carriage with her father as groom Darren waited anxiously in the chapel.

Relatives of the couple from Bury who could not make the trip to Cyprus, including Sam's sister Geraldine, cried uncontrollably as they watched the ceremony on TV.

Geraldine, who could not join Sam because she had just had a baby, said: "I really wanted to be over there for Sam's wedding, but I'm just so happy for the pair of them. It was so emotional."

Sam hopped up the aisle with the aid of the Zimmer frame with her father as family and friends looked on.

The couple shed tears of joy as the ceremony began, as Sam leaned on her soon-to-be husband to catch her breath. The couple stood and faced one another as they exchanged vows and rings.

Shortly before 9am, they were pronounced husband and wife by the Rev Marvin Bamforth to the delight of family and friends at the ceremony who clapped and cheered. The couple kissed and Sam clapped as the ceremony ended - enjoyed by friends, family and millions of viewers.