Pippa Middleton sealed her society wedding to James Matthews with a kiss as her pageboys and bridesmaids tried to steal the show.

The bride and groom shared a tender moment when they left the picturesque St Mark's church as the youngsters, including Prince George and Princess Charlotte, played around their feet.

The society nuptials of the year was witnessed by family, close friends and famous faces including tennis star Roger Federer and wife Mirka, celebrity Donna Air, Princess Eugenie, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

Also among the congregation of the 12th century church in Englefield, Berkshire, Lady Gabriella Windsor, daughter of Prince and Princess Micheal of Kent, but missing was Harry's US actress girlfriend Meghan Markle.

After the ceremony, Pippa and James walked hand-in-hand from the church and posed for the waiting press before sharing a lingering kiss at the lych gate as their married life began.

Ahead of them the tiny pageboys, dressed in gold-coloured britches and shirts, and bridesmaids in cream sash dresses had scattered confetti petals from baskets.

The bride had managed to keep her wedding gown a secret until she arrived - a bespoke Giles Deacon wedding gown, crafted to create the impression of being seamless.

When she first arrived with father Michael in an open-topped vintage Jaguar, big sister Kate, Duchess of Cambridge rearranged her train and other parts of her dress before she made her procession into St Mark's, a reversal of Kate's 2011 wedding to William, when Pippa was pictured fussing over her sister's gown.