Spurtle staff were too busy to attend the royal wedding today, but we did follow it off and on through Twitter.
Below is the (edited) pick of the tweets, a few containing strong views, sometimes fruitily expressed, which a few readers may feel are not strong enough.
11am
Iain McGill: On route to Festival Square to watch the wedding - finally something worth watching on it!
Josie Long: Can Anyone tell me what proportion of the land in the uk is owned by people currently at the wedding?
bonaldi: Weeks of "och, I don't care a jot", now it's suddenly all "LET ME SEE THE DRESS"
SurrealScoop: Mum of Bride looking good, but Clergymen have better frocks.
SnortMcGulp: Im on ma 9th Carlsberg...wait..naw its McEewans.....Feck..its a cup of tea.....Feckin rehab already
JFDerry: My entire tax contribution just arrived at Westminster Abbey.
cdundas: Earl of Strathearn? I was hoping for Duke of Fife.
Shionamc: Trying to guess the colour of the bridesmaids dresses
TheGiantTeacup: Queenster's in yellow. APPROVAL. And that brooch is awesome.
redshira: This wedding would be better if a big group busted some Bollywood moves in the middle of the floor.
clalavelle: Kate looks stunning!
shionmc: Love the lace, love the sleeves, Kate looks beautiful. Can't wait to see her get out the car.
IanMcGill: Pimms, cucumber sandwiches & union jacks in evidence at Festival Square, Edinburgh – good crowd
JFDerry: Oscillating between revulsion and nausea, signing off 'til this all blows over / through / up. I'm not too particular which.
janehamilton22: Omg look at the breast part of her dress....er....
IanMcGill: "God save the Queen!" God save the Queen.
antibarbie: KT: has Harry got a hangover? He seriously looks like he's going to hurl!
Noon
IanMcGill: I can confirm that neither Tony Blair nor Gordon Brown are watching in Festival Square, Edinburgh.
oliverthring: Rowan Williams doing a typically splendid impersonation of a Welsh sheep.
shionmc: Can't help the tears as we watch the RoyalWedding wow what an atmosphere as they start the ceremony.
AdamRamsay: RT @garydunion: GET TO A TV! THEY'RE LIZARDS! OH GOD, THEY'RE ALL LIZARDS!
RichardWiseman: Why is William dressed as one of the Thunderbirds?
SurrealScoop: Big day for bachelors we all step up one rung on "most eligible' list. Oh, I've just found a pizza slice in my bed.
RichardWiseman: Does the wedding programme say 'next, a series of increasingly mad people address the couple'?
IainMcGill: Union Jack Pimms! Classic!
Aggerscricket: Ah. Jerusalem. Usually means teams are about to take the field.
AdamRamsay: So, they're singing Jerusalem. I thought they didn't like anarchists?
IainMcGill: applause, cheers & flag waving as they are announced man and wife
TheGiantTeacup: Sort of wishing they would walk out to the Star Wars theme ... Would be awesome
auntyemily: Oh crap, I've missed most of it. The Royal Wedding BarBQ I'm going to starts at 3.30 so assumed ... Watching the national anthem in Jimjams.
herbchampman34: What girl doesn't grow up with romantic dreams of singing the national anthem at her wedding?
Queen_UK: Mrs Cameron and Mrs Clegg look a bit uncomfortable. But then their husbands are holding hands.
Iain McGill: Belted out God Save the Queen up Festival Square waving Union Jacks - Crabbies giving out free drinks!
johnnhari101: There are so many reasons to be #poudtobebritish - from Magna Carta to the NHS. Having a hereditary head of state isn't one of them
TimMontgomerie: No competition for most ridiculous hat of Royal Wedding award ... Princess Beatrice.
ewanmcintosh: Royalwedding a good ol' show: beautiful bride, dashing princes, SUPER music well played, soldiers in finest, whitegloved police, a day off
shionamc: Kate & Wills just look so happy & so are we - bacon rolls & cupcakes!
JFDerry: After all this, William is soooooo getting some tonight.
feral_pigeon: poo on the happy couple
DowningStCat: Poor Prince William is losing his fur. Is it something to do with the name 'William'?
Aggerscricket: Our country does this so well.
James_mcquillan: Beatrice and Eugenie look like they should be at a big fat gypsy wedding. They're gonna get grabbed tonight for sure.
1pm
auntyemily: @wildedinburgh freaky but brilliant! Great photos. Coots look so funny out of the water - the way they walk lifting their crazy clown feet
clalavelle: I love you Fearne Cotton:)
OsamaSaeed: An unelected ruling family has brought the people of Britain out onto the streets. The Arab Spring is spreading! Oh wait...
cdundas: I must say that @Fearnecotton is very much a Richard Dimbleby for our time. Perhaps she will start a dynasty of BBC icons.
periwinklewine: I'm loving the spelling mistakes in subtitles for royal wedding. Licking our wombs??!
dOSssDaz: Is it over yet? Not had TV, Radio, Internet, phone on all morning. Best of luck to them both, but a load of expensive irrelevant wank to me
CanoeNouvelles: Dans quelques secondes, le prince et Kate se donneront le baiser du balcon.
periwinklewine: RT@themanwhofell: Ready the Lancasters! Let the ceremonial bombing of Hoxton begin.
thistlejohn: Who is this Pippa everyone keeps talking about? I once knew a Pippa. 5-alarm stunner, she was. Not royal though
periwinklewine: TWO KISSES?! BAN THIS SICK FILTH!
carlmaxim: The Queen's had enough. She's off to watch the snooker.
2pm
shionamc: 'Kate was beautiful, right up there with Cheryl Cole' said a supporter.
SnortMcGulp: Whit was aww that music in the church ... Mas heid was killin me .... I must say I never heard the rustle of a Greggs paper bag ..Im surprised
DowningStCat: Finally out of the cloakroom. Two of the guests came in and started grooming each other. Seemed surprised to see me.
3–4pm
EdinburghTrams: On Evening News speculation-no decision has been taken to stop route at Haymarket, nor regarding number of trams required.
STVEdinNorth: Pensioners soak up the pomp and ceremony in Leith with bubbles and a ceramic Corgi.
DowningStCat: Prince Charles having angry words with someone serving drinks. What's a "cash bar"?
IainMcGill: Street parties & bunting in Edinburgh make me #ProudToBeBritish #Proudtohaveamonarchy #RoyalWedding
thistlejohn: I am so back in Edinburgh. Half the people I've encountered so far been drunk.
8pm
DowningStCat: Tell you what *hic* these corgis can move *hic*. You should see them freestyling to 'Aggado'.