Royal Wedding 2018: Major clean-up operation in Windsor following Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's 'wedding of the year'

A major clean-up operation got under way in Windsor following Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding celebrations.

The big tidy up began in the early hours of Sunday throughout Windsor as the town began to recover from Saturday’s jubilations.

Trucks and lorries lined the streets as caterers and international news networks started to leave the vicinity of Windsor Castle, while rubbish collectors moved in.

Police are still maintaining a heavy presence in the Berkshire town as the newly married Duke and Duchess of Sussex prepare to head back to London this afternoon.

Two police officers make their way down the Long Walk in Windsor
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Elsewhere in Windsor by late Sunday morning, relatively few signs of the pomp and pageantry that went into staging the royal wedding were visible apart from innumerable Union Flags still adorning the streets.

Discarded flags and sleeping bags in piled-up rubbish bags in Windsor
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Naziq Hussain, manager at Esquires Coffee house, said: "Yesterday you couldn't move here, but this morning it seems like a pretty average Sunday, except for the TV crews.

"There was an articulated lorry taking the barriers away when I got into work at seven, they were all taken down overnight.

Dog walkers make their way down the Long Walk in Windsor
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"The place is really tidy, you wouldn't think anything happened. The clean-up operation began very soon afterwards, it's very well planned and executed."

A workman carries metal barriers in Windsor, as the clean-up continues after the royal wedding
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Prince Harry and Meghan tied the knot at St George’s Chapel in an extraordinary ceremony.

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Alongside a host of celebrity guests including Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney, more than 2,000 people were invited to the wedding.

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An estimated 100,000 people turned up to Windsor to catch a glimpse of the happy couple as they sat in an open-top Ascot Landau for a carriage procession through Windsor.

The royal family expressed gratitude to all those who enjoyed the wedding, saying on the official Twitter account: "Thank you to everyone who came to Windsor and those who followed from around the UK, the Commonwealth, and the world today. Congratulations once again to the newly-married Duke and Duchess of Sussex. #royalwedding."

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