VIDEO : Nearly 18 Million Watched Royal Wedding On Television In the UK

Saturday's royal wedding is officially the most watched television event of the year in the U.K. BBC One led the way with an average audience of 8.7 million viewers, hitting a peak of 13.1 million. Over on ITV, the average was 2.5 million, hitting a peak of 3.6. In total, just below 18 million watched Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tie the knot on TV..