Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh attend Princess Beatrice’s secret wedding

Princess Beatrice, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, has married Italian property developer Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a secret ceremony at All Saints Chapel in Windsor.

The Queen and Prince Philip were among a small group of guests invited to the ceremony, but Her Majesty left just 45 minutes after it began.

It has been reported that the Queen left promptly after the ceremony as she wanted to get back to get ready to present Captain Tom Moore with his knighthood.

The wedding was attended by a small group of family and guests, and the newlyweds have decided not to release an official wedding photo today as they don't want to take the spotlight off the fundraising hero, Captain Tom Moore.

In the afternoon of the day, National Hero Captain Sir Tom Moore has been knighted by the Queen in an unprecedented personal ceremony in recognition of his $33 million fundraising effort for the NHS.

Staged in the imposing setting of Windsor Castle's Quadrangle, the ceremony saw the 100-year-old former Army officer joined by his family.

The Queen has been shielding at her Berkshire home for much of the lockdown with the Duke of Edinburgh and the event was her first face-to-face royal engagement with a member of the public since March.

Her Majesty hosted the ceremony and spent around five minutes chatting to Sir Tom and his family, praising the veteran as she said, ”Thank you so much, an amazing amount of money you raised.”

Before the ceremony, Sir Tom had joked as he left his Bedfordshire home, ”If I kneel down I'll never get up again.”

After the ceremony, Sir Tom had a refreshment break inside the castle and gave a series of interviews to the waiting press.

He said, ”I am absolutely overawed, this is such a high award, and to get it from Her Majesty as well.

What more can anyone wish for?

This has been an absolutely magnificent day for me.”

Asked what was better, raising more than P.S.

30 million or having the Queen break her lockdown to award him the honour, Sir Tom replied, ”The money is very useful but you've only won Queen and when you get a message from the Queen there's no value that can be placed on that.”

The veteran went on to say, ”To meet the Queen was more than anyone could expect, never ever did I imagine I would get so close to the Queen and have such a kind message from her that was really outstanding.

It was truly outstanding.”

Sir Tom took the media questions in his stride but when he was asked to reveal the personal message from the Queen he remained tight-lipped.

”No, that's between the Queen and I,” he said, ”I don't think I'll tell anybody what she said, it was just the Queen and I speaking privately and it was a great honour for me to be able to speak to her at all.”

At the end of his press interviews Sir Tom answered one last question to reveal he and the 94-year-old monarch had talked about ages.

”She did mention I'm 100 and I said to her, ”Well you've a long way to go yet, so she's all right.”

Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old Second World War veteran, earned himself a knighthood after raising PIA's 33 million for health service charities.

He won the hearts of the nation and the donations came flooding in after he set out on his challenge to walk 100 lengths of his Bedfordshire garden before his 100th birthday earlier this year.

While other investitures due to be held at Buckingham Palace in London and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in June and July were postponed, a special exception was made for Sir Tom.

Princess Beatrice's wedding was a small and intimate affair, but it was a special day for the family nonetheless.