Picture special: How the North East joined in with the Royal Wedding celebrations

It was the event of the year, and attracted a peak audience of more than 13 million viewers on BBC1.
Enjoying their own Royal Wedding celebration are, from left, Anne Maugham. Janette Kinvig, Linda Surtees, Denise Souter, Lesley Souter and Kayla Surtees.Enjoying their own Royal Wedding celebration are, from left, Anne Maugham. Janette Kinvig, Linda Surtees, Denise Souter, Lesley Souter and Kayla Surtees.
Enjoying their own Royal Wedding celebration are, from left, Anne Maugham. Janette Kinvig, Linda Surtees, Denise Souter, Lesley Souter and Kayla Surtees.

But the Royal Wedding also brought communities together up and down Britain, as Prince Harry married Meghan Markle.

Our photographers were out and about capturing some of your celebrations on camera.

And you shared some of your own with us via social media.

Here’s a gallery of some of the best.