A multi-millionaire from Truro who helped a stranded pandemic bride get to her wedding in style has found it’s become a full-time job.

Peter Congdon, who won £13.5-million on Lotto in 2021, now owns five luxury cars and also takes local teens to their proms, grieving relatives to funerals, and local hospice patients on days out.

Following his win, the former bus driver and retired funeral director treated himself to luxury cars including a £250,000 Bentley Continental and a £125,000 BMW i8.

“I was driving a Ford Kuga at the time of my win - funnily enough, nobody asked me to chauffeur them anywhere then,” he laughs. “Soon after I bought the BMW, a local lad approached me and asked if I’d take him to his school prom. I agreed – and it snowballed from there.”

The grandfather of 10 branched out during lockdown, helping a local bride whose wedding had been cancelled four times and, fifth time lucky, found herself unable to book a wedding car.

Peter recalls the moment the bride walked out expecting to climb into her father’s car.

“When she saw my Bentley parked across the street, she realised she did have a beautiful wedding car and wept so much, she had to go back in to get her make-up fixed.”

He estimates he has since taken more than 25 Cornish brides to say ‘I do’.

Occasionally, his jobs bring tears to his own eyes. These include enabling a young girl terminally ill with cancer to be a “princess for a day”, and helping a woman get to her brother’s funeral in Redruth.

“I couldn’t ease her grief, but I could at least make sure she didn’t have to catch a bus.”

Peter’s generosity isn’t limited to four wheels. He has also bought homes to rent out at a reduced rate to deserving local young people.

“Getting on the property ladder is so tough for young people in Cornwall, so I give those who help themselves, a little help too.

“The first couple I helped in this way were able to save for their own home and get married - they now have two children and are well set up. I like to think that they, like me, were a National Lottery winner too!”

Peter also gifted £1.2-million towards an anti-gravity hydro pool at the Merlin Centre, in memory of his late wife Rosemary who battled multiple sclerosis.

November will mark 30 years of the National Lottery, during which time it has created more than 7,200 millionaires or multi-millionaires across its games – that’s seven every week, or one for every day of the year. Players also generate £30-million each week to fund projects across the UK, from arts to the sport sectors.