NI centenary parade: VIDEO – Walkthrough of Stormont shows scale of crowd

(Scroll down for other videos from the parade, including a longer 10 min clip of its start)

From the upbeat to the reverential, there was a huge array of entertainment on show... and apparently some are still in situ enjoying it – the parade (comprised of over 110 bands plus lodges) is so large that some at the back have yet to set off at time of writing after 2pm.

This is despite the departure time being listed as 1pm.

The last bands and marchers were expected to leave the Stormont estate after 3.30pm for the 4.5 mile walk into the centre of the city.

• WATCH long 10 minute clip of start of the parade

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• WATCH as Union Flag-clad songstress belts out ‘Sweet Caroline’ to the crowds

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• WATCH 500 police officers on duty at vast Orange march

• WATCH Here they come... WATCH as head of parade hits City Hall

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• Ben Lowry: Today’s parade is a reminder that NI was denied a 100th birthday

• Mile-by-mile layout of the route for bandsmen and brethren with landmarks for out-of-towners

• Hotels ‘bunged’ as Orange marchers and musicians flock to Belfast – of 110 hotels just eight have rooms

• 25,000 unionists set for Stormont on Saturday for Northern Irish centenary – but no Union Flag allowed over building