Leader: Ed Milliband's low-key Tweet

It was not Westminster Abbey, just a discrete, though picturesque small hotel. There far fewer guests than the thousand or so who turned up for Wills and Kate's nuptials - just 50 in fact. And there was no curvaceous bridesmaid to steel the paparazi limelight from the bride.

Yes, after saying for so long marriage was not terribly important, Labour leader Ed Milliband has finally wed his long-term partner, Justine Thornton, in a low-key ceremony, a million miles from the millions of pounds spent on the recent royal extravaganza.

As is the modern way, Mr Milliband conveyed his pleasure not in a statement to the waiting cameras or in a press release - he Tweeted he was the "luckiest guy in the world". No mention of the scurrilous suggestions he tied the knot to make him seem more like a potential prime minister.

Why should there be? Mr Milliband is not bowing to convention for political expediency, he is obviously just a bit tardy about such formalities - he famously forgot to register the birth of one of their children. Even brother David, whom he defeated for the Labour leadership, was there, though he was not best man nor did he give a speech. Probably just as well as a traditional best man "I wish it were me" speech might have been misinterpreted.