Boris Johnson hosted a Cabinet meeting in Sunderland, while campaigners flocked to Parliament Square.
Brexit day has finally arrived – and people on both sides of the debate have made their feelings clear.
As night fell, MEP Antony Hook projected this parting message onto Ramsgate cliff in Kent (Gareth Fuller/PA)Ann Widdecombe speaks to pro-Brexit supporters in Parliament Square (Jonathan Brady/PA)Pro-Brexit supporters in Parliament Square (Jonathan Brady/PA)
The Union flag was taken down outside the European Parliament in Brussels ahead of the UK’s exit from the EU (Yui Mok/PA)St Andrew’s House, a Scottish Government building in Edinburgh, is illuminated in blue and yellow, the colours of the European flag (Jane Barlow/PA)A man dressed as an undertaker holding a wreath featuring an EU flag in Parliament Square (Dominic Lipinski/PA)Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried his hand at glass-blowing at the University of Sunderland (Paul Ellis/PA)Ann Widdecombe, centre, joined other members of the Brexit Party as they left en masse from the European Parliament (Yui Mok/PA)