CHILDREN yesterday celebrated the Royal Wedding by holding mock marriages and street parties.

Bampton Primary School pupils Ceira Fraser-Hobbs, seven, and Daniel Pilkington, six, dressed up as the bride and groom and vicar David Lloyd led the service at St Mary’s Church.

Daniel said: “I felt like the king of the world and I will remember this for three quarters of my life.”

The Friends of Bampton School group decorated the school with flags and bunting and put on a banquet lunch for the children after the ceremony.

Pupils were also presented with a Royal Wedding commemoration mug.

Headteacher Mary Dodge said: “We decided to celebrate the Royal Wedding with a whole day of exciting events that the children will always remember.”

Meanwhile, youngsters at Wood Farm Primary School dressed up in their best clothes and ate their packed lunches in a playground decorated with flags and bunting.

Five-year-olds Poppy Kearney, Poppy Wilkinson and Olivia Clark, wrote to the Prince William in March telling him he should have picked another Kate – their teacher Kate Hall.

Foundation One class teacher Miss Hall said: “Poppy Kearney wrote: ‘Stop the wedding you’ve got the wrong Kate.’ “She was sure he was coming to marry me after she sent it.”

Year three pupils at Rose Hill Primary School built a metre-high model of Westminster Abbey using old junk.

Their teacher, Tracy Williams, knitted figures of the Royal family to go inside.

The school children also dressed up and had a party to mark the occasion.

Year Six pupil Cindy Kama, 10, said: “I am very excited. I am going to watch it on TV.

“It is not everyday you have a royal wedding.”

Pupils at North Hinksey School dressed as kings and queens and made crowns and Royal Wedding memorabilia bookmarks.

Zoe Mullen, seven, said: “Today has been good. I liked dressing up.”

Nikita Sichov, eight, added: “I enjoyed making my crown.

“I am also looking forward to taking my bookmark home.”

All 300 children at Orchard Meadow Primary School in Blackbird Leys ate a special banquet meal in the playground.

Pupils at the school in Wesley Close dressed in red, white and blue and made bunting, hats, and decorated paper plates for the feast.

Headteacher Chris Price said: “We just thought it would be a great occasion for the children to experience a street party.”