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Woman's gown barred from Disney Paris

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PARIS, April 21 (UPI) -- A British woman said she was humiliated when staff at Disneyland Paris refused to allow her to enter with her 8-year-old daughter because of her fancy gown.

Natasha Narula, 35, of Coventry, England, said she dressed in a $30 gown so she and her daughter, Drew, could pretend to be princesses while visiting the theme park April 1, but staff at the entrance told her she would have to change because people might confuse her for a costumed character, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.

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"I thought they were playing a joke on me because it was April Fool's Day at first," she said. "But I spoke to a manager and she said they were concerned children would think I worked there and wanted to have their picture with me."

"I didn't even have any make-up on and didn't look anything like the characters in the park, it wasn't like I was wearing a big Mickey Mouse outfit, it was just a dress," Narula said. "How can they possibly say I looked too much like a princess? I was wearing a hideous wedding dress I bought from Oxfam for 20 pounds ($30)."

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Narula said she was admitted to the park after changing into jeans and a T-shirt. Drew was allowed to keep her own fancy gown due to her young age.

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