* YOU BEEN SNAP* Easter to be a scorcher with temperatures up to 22C..it’s all set for a sunny Royal Wedding" And Miss FB Lyimo Birthday Party" RUWA MANGI"

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William and Kate can have high hopes that it won’t rain on their parade. A spell of dry, warm weather is expected to last up to April 29.
Met Office forecaster Rebecca Sherwin said it was ‘most likely’ to be dry when the newly-weds emerge from Westminster Abbey.
In the shorter term, families can expect glorious sunshine for the Easter weekend. Forecasts on the Met Office website show temperatures in London rising from the high teens at the beginning of the week to 22C by Thursday, making the capital warmer than Rome (21C) Majorca (19C) and Athens (18C) on the same day.

Sun fun: Katie Durn, 10 and her friends Makenzie Temple, nine and brother Travis, eight in Weston-Super-Mare

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside: People soak up the sun on the coast in Tynemouth

Temperatures are predicted to rise as high as 17 or 18 degrees in the north of England, with dry, sunny spells forecast for much of the UK.
The Easter weekend itself is due to be 'warmer than average' with temperatures of 20 degrees.

Met Office forecaster Rebecca Sherwin said: 'The weather for the start of this week looks similar to what we have at the moment.
'It will be mostly dry with a few showers here and there. Most places will start the day with sunny spells and some cloud.

Spring flowers: People enjoy the sunny weather in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham

Sunday best: Belle Williams, three, enjoys an ice cream in Birmingham

'As we go into the weekend and beyond I think generally the weather is going to be fine and dry with the possibility of a few showers, particularly in coastal areas. 
'I think we are talking similar to the weather we have now, perhaps a little warmer - we are looking at maximum temperatures of maybe 20C in southern areas at the weekend which is warmer than average for this time of year.
'Across the Midlands and Northern England the temperature will be around 17 or 18 degrees.
'The average temperature for this time of year is around 14 or 14.5C in London , 13-14 for other parts of central and southern England as well as some parts of Wales and around 11 to 12C for northern England, with the temperature a little bit cooler in Scotland.
'The North Sea coast will probably be a bit cloudy, but weather in the south and the south west [coasts] looks similar to what we have at the moment.'
Ms Sherwin said it was too early to say for definite what the weather would bring on the weekend of the Royal wedding.
She said: 'The UK-wide outlook for that period, at the moment, we are expecting it to stay fairly settled.'

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Blooming marvellous: Weather for the royal wedding could be settled, according to forecasters"