• Update: The couple are expected to exchange vows in front of a small group of guests on a private island in the Bahamas on Saturday.

Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, married Bettina Anderson, a Palm Beach socialite and influencer, on Thursday in West Palm Beach, Fla., according to Palm Beach County marriage records.

The marriage certificate listed Brad McPherson, a real estate attorney who has worked with the Trump family and is married to Anderson’s sister, as the officiant.

The couple was believed to be heading to a private island in the Bahamas, where a larger celebration was reportedly planned.

Although President Trump said he would not be attending the wedding celebrations, he offered the couple his blessing in a post on Truth Social on Friday. “While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the Trump Family, his soon-to-be wife, Bettina,” he wrote, “circumstances pertaining to Government, and my love for the United States of America, do not allow me to do so.”

The president added that he believed it was important for him to stay at the White House “during this important period of time,” before congratulating the couple: “Congratulations to Don and Bettina!”

On Thursday, President Trump had told reporters in the Oval Office that he would “try” to attend his son’s wedding, though he acknowledged the war with Iran and “other things” might preclude those plans. He added that the wedding would be a “small, little private affair.”