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Capt Sir Tom said it was "the most special of days for me"
Captain Sir Tom Moore has been knighted in the Queen's first official engagement in person since lockdown.
The investiture to honour the 100-year-old, who raised more than £32m for NHS charities, was staged in a "unique ceremony" at Windsor Castle.
He is being recognised for walking more than 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.
Capt Sir Tom, originally from Keighley, West Yorkshire, said it was "the most special of days for me".
In May, Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a special nomination for the war veteran to be knighted.
Buckingham Palace believes it is the first time the ceremony has been held in the strictly socially distanced format.
The Queen used the sword that belonged to her father, George VI, to bestow the insignia of Knight Bachelor upon Sir Tom.
Earlier, Her Majesty, the Duke of Edinburgh and other close family attended the unannounced wedding of their granddaughter Princess Beatrice to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a nearby chapel.
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The ceremony took place in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle
