LONDON - The eldest grandson of Queen Elizabeth is marrying a Canadian management consultant Saturday in a private ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly were due to wed in the castle's 15th-century St. George's Chapel in front of 300 guests including the Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles.

Prince William is attending another wedding in Kenya but his girlfriend Kate Middleton is expected to be on hand.

So are Prince Harry and his girlfriend, Chelsy Davy.

Phillips - the son of Princess Anne and 11th in line to the throne - met Kelly in 2003, when both were working at the Montreal Grand Prix.

The couple, both 30, announced their engagement last year.

Kelly, a McGill University graduate, renounced her Roman Catholic faith and joined the Church of England in order to marry Phillips.

Under centuries-old British law, a royal who marries a Catholic cannot take the throne.

Phillips is among the most low-profile members of the royal family, although he and Kelly drew some criticism by selling the story of their upcoming nuptials to the celebrity magazine Hello! for a sum reported at up to US$1 million.

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