Zara Phillips has been forced to turn down a £500,000 wedding deal with a celebrity magazine after Buckingham Palace vetoed the arrangement.

Princess Anne's daughter is to marry England rugby captain Mike Tindall on July 30 in Scotland and was keen to sell the photographic rights to Hello!.

But she has been advised that the ceremony at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh must remain a 'private, family affair', the Mail understands.