THE colours of red, white and blue were visible across East Lancashire as the nation celebrated this year’s Royal Wedding.

Millions of people watched Prince Harry and Meghan Markle become husband and wife in front of 600 guests at Windsor Castle.

The couple invited 1,200 members of the public, many selected for their work in the community or charities, including a family from Hyndburn.

Madison Kennedy-Finglas, 11, her mum Danielle, brother Dylan, 16, and sister Maisie, 9, made the trip to London after receiving a special invitation to represent charity WellChild.

Prince Harry is a patron for the charity, which supports seriously ill children and extended the invite to the family-of-four from Accrington.

The flags of the Union Jack were hung up outside of pubs, shops, houses and town centres in East Lancashire to mark the occasion.

A nursery in Colne organised and held a special Royal Summer fair to celebrate the newly weds. Families visited Newtown nursery school, in West Street, for the Royal Wedding party, which included a hook-the-duck stall and bouncy castle.

Children also wore fancy dress costumes as they attempted to replicate the dress worn by Meghan Markle and suit by Prince Harry.

In Great Harwood, a pub was celebrating the occasion by holding a Royal Wedding themed party, where Union Jack stickers, cards and cakes were handed out to customers. Walmsley Pub bosses also dished out flags with the faces of the American actress and sixth in line to the throne.

England flags were scattered across Darwen’s former market town square while workers at the Crown Pub in Darwen wore face masks of Royals Prince Charles, Prince Phillip, Queen Elizabeth and Prince William throughout the day while they were on shift.

Dozens of ‘treasured’ flowers were sent from Cliviger to Burnley’s Towneley Hall as table decorations in the Recency Room to celebrate the Royal Wedding, while Clitheroe’s streets were adorned with Union Jack flags.