Royal Family welcomes first Maori

Lady Davina was accompanied by her father the Duke of Gloucester

Lady Davina Windsor, who is 20th in line to the throne, has married a builder and former sheep shearer from New Zealand after a four-year romance.

Gary Lewis met the 26-year-old daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester on the island of Bali, in Indonesia, in 2000.

Mr Lewis, known to friends as "Gazza", is a keen surfer. He becomes the first Maori to marry into the British Royal Family.

The wedding was at Kensington Palace.

Mr Lewis, 33, said his future in-laws were "no different to anyone else".

He comes from Gisborne on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, and has an 11-year-old son from a former relationship.

The groom, Gary Lewis, 33, is a former sheep shearer from New Zealand

Mr Lewis' father, Larry, was a champion shearer in New Zealand in the 1980s and his mother, Viki Carr, worked as a maid.

He is described as a "renovator" by the New Zealand Herald.

Lady Davina, whose father is the Queen's cousin, attended Kensington Preparatory School and later St George's in Ascot.

She keeps a low profile and does not carry out any official royal duties.

A spokeswoman for the royal household said the couple wanted the wedding to be low-key.

She said: "The Queen will not be attending. They are having a quiet, private wedding."