At street parties and pubs around the kingdom, Britons celebrated Saturday's royal wedding with bunting, booze and bonhomie in a welcome respite from the divisions and uncertainties of Brexit.
Families, friends and neighbours converged to watch Prince Harry and Meghan Markle exchange vows in the last major royal wedding for a generation.
With clear blue skies replacing Britain's often dreary weather, the mood was joyous. "It's just nice to have some good news for a change -- something happy," said Pamela Daniels, a creative director, enjoying a street party outside the east London bakery of Claire Ptak, the royal wedding cake maker.
Scores of urbane Londoners filled the block, toasting the newlyweds with sparkling wine.
"Today we are royalists for sure, tomorrow not anymore," said Gitta Gschwendtner, 46, a longtime German transplant to London.
"But I love it. Her dress was gorgeous."
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