A HAMPSHIRE-BASED specialist mortgage company celebrated its 25th birthday in style with some 'royal' visitors and a presentation by a Saints legend.

Complete FS turned its annual Lender Expo at the Ageas Bowl into a special silver anniversary event.

There were five industry key note speakers – from Precise Mortgages, Foundation Home Loans, Kensington Mortgages, One Savings Bank and Shawbrook Bank – plus a talk by Matt Le Tissier.

Attendees were welcomed by a Queen and Prince Philip lookalikes and had the chance to pose for photos with the royals on their 'balcony' complete with guardsman in bearskins.

After the business part of the event the afternoon was given over to a country fair with goose herding, falconry and ferret racing.

Complete FS, based in Eastleigh, are specialist mortgage packager, assisting financial advisers and mortgage brokers with more diverse clients mortgage applications that do not fit the high street lenders or have more complex financial needs.