The not-so newlyweds! Prince Harry's ex girlfriend Cressida Bonas shares first photo with husband Harry Wentworth-Stanley since their lowkey summer lockdown wedding

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Actress Cressida Bonas has shared her first selfie with husband Harry Wentworth-Stanley since the couple married last summer in a lowkey lockdown wedding.

The 31-year-old, who dated the Duke of Sussex, 36, for three years until 2014, tied the knot with Harry the estate agent son of the Marchioness of Milford Haven, at the exclusive Cowdray Park, in Midhurst, West Sussex, on 27 July. 

Only a handful of photos of the private nuptials emerged at the time, including one of the bride and groom riding off into the sunset on horseback.

Sharing a rare selfie with her new husband on Instagram yesterday, the actress could be seen snuggling up with her beau as they enjoyed a walk through the snowy countryside.

Actress Cressida Bonas, 31, has shared her first selfie with husband Harry Wentworth-Stanley since the couple married last summer in a lowkey lockdown wedding

In the photograph Cressida can be seen wearing a cosy navy beanie and fingerless gloves while swigging from a white water bottle.

Meanwhile her husband Harry, wearing a khaki coloured hat, leaned into her for the affectionate snap.

It comes weeks after Cressida revealed previously unknown details about the couple's big day last summer.  

In an article written by Prince Harry's ex last month, she explained how just four days before the wedding, she was searching Oxford Street for the perfect wedding dress with no such luck - but luckily remembered she had a white lace gown from Whistles that she had worn for James Arthur's single, Naked.  

Cressida organised her lockdown 30-person, socially-distanced church service wedding in under two weeks. Pictured, she tied the knot with Harry Wentworth-Stanley at the exclusive Cowdray Park, in Midhurst, West Sussex, on 27th July

'I remembered an old Whistles dress I once wore for a James Arthur music video,' she recalled, speaking to The Spectator. 'I went home and found the dusty frock at the back of my cupboard. After some ironing, it looked good as new.'   

The online product description of the guinevere wedding dress, which initially retailed at £599 but is now at the reduced price of £389, reads: 

'This elegant dress is a beautiful choice for modern brides. The cotton embroidered tulle design features a playful tiered skirt, a high frill neck and a cut-out detail on the lower back. 

'Modern and feminine, this limited edition design will ensure you make a show-stopping entrance on your big day.'

Weeks ago, Cressida revealed she recycled a £599 Whistles dress that she once wore for a James Arthur video for her wedding dress. Pictured, in the artist's video, Naked

Despite the Covid-19 restrictions meaning no hymns or speaking too loudly, she told how having just a 'small portion' of her and Harry's family allowed made it 'just simply special.' 

'Not what we’d envisaged, but a more intimate and special day than we could ever have imagined. Imperfect yet perfect - a day we will never forget,' she explained. 

However, disaster struck just two days before the big day, when Cressida woke up to find a 'red, bulbous' stye on her eyelid - something which the doctor said would need to be operated on at a later date.  

So the night before the wedding, Cressida ended up sleeping with cucumber on her eye in a bid to calm down the redness.

The bride's brother, Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, shared an Instagram photo of the happy couple 'riding off into their beautiful future' on horseback (pictured) 

And the drama didn't stop there, as she got lost on her way to church the next morning, with what was supposed to be a 20-minute journey, taking over an hour.

She also noted how her father, who insisted on wearing a tail suit and was the only man not in a summer suit, was 'strangely quiet' en route to the venue.

Cressida explained: 'I asked him if he was all right. He said: "It’s just like taking Sheba [his dog] to the vet."' He didn’t want to do it, but knew he had to. He is very fond of my husband, Harry, by the way. But he didn’t want to let his daughter go.'

After stepping out of the car and straight into a puddle, Cressida explained how she was met by a 'nervous' vicar, and tried to avoid looking at her dad's 'watery eyes' as he walked her up the aisle.

The 31-year-old dated the Duke of Sussex, 36, for three years until 2014. Pictured, attending We Day UK, a charity event to bring young people together at Wembley Arena on March 7, 2014 in London

Cressida wore the Whistles 'Guinevere' dress which initially retailed at £599 but is now at the reduced price of £389. Pictured left and right, the dress on the website 

She added that instead of hymns, Harry and her siblings played the piano, while their mothers read from 'Desiderata,' which was her late aunt's favourite poem.  

Prince Harry and Cressida split in 2014, reportedly because Cressida was tired of the scrutiny that came with dating a member of the royal family.

However the couple remain on good terms and socialise in similar circles, with Princess Eugenie, who introduced the couple, among Cressida's closest friends.

Cressida even attended her ex-boyfriend's wedding to Meghan Markle in May 2018. 

In May Cressida hinted that their original wedding had to be postponed due to the current crisis, posting a snap as she and Harry posed in front of an 'Auto-wed' machine in fancy dress 

The bride's brother, Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, shared an Instagram photo of the happy couple 'riding off into their beautiful future' on horseback.

Cressida can be seen with her blonde hair pulled back into a casual updo, while her simple white dress fell above her knees. 

It is not known who attended the wedding but the couple both come from large families that would quickly make up the 30 people maximum.

Cressida is the only child of 1960s 'It' Girl Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon and her third husband, Old Harrovian entrepreneur Jeffrey Bonas.

The actress, who appeared in ITV drama White House Farm, has three half-brothers from her father Jeffrey Bonas' first marriage, George, Charles and Henry Bonas.

Meanwhile her mother has four children to her first two husbands: Pandora Cooper-Key, daughter of Esmond Cooper-Key, and sculptor Georgiana Anstruther, Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, and Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, the children of property developer John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe. Isabella is married to Sir Richard Branson's son Sam.

Harry is the second child of Nick-Wentworth-Stanley and his first wife Clare, now Marchioness of Milford Haven.