"Sex and the City" premières in London

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LONDON (AFP) — Londoners turned out in droves late Monday for the long-awaited world première of "Sex and the City" as the global TV smash-hit charting the life and loves of four New York singletons finally hit the big screen here.

In keeping with all the glamour and glitz of the series, the frocks worn by its four principal stars to the première in Leicester Square were as eagerly awaited as any snippets about the plot, which picks up on the characters' lives four years on.

First to delight the crowds of fans was Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays the main character Carrie Bradshaw, wearing a green tulle dress by British designer Alexander McQueen and a spectacular headpiece of flowers by Philip Treacy.

British-born Cattrall, who plays man-eating exec Samantha...