Monday, April 25, 2011

Royal Wedding Guest List

BBC News
23 April 2011



ROYAL WEDDING GUEST LIST
Clarence House has released a list of guests who are confirmed as attending the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011. The list is not complete:

Members of the Royal Family

The Queen

The Duke of Edinburgh

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Prince Harry

The Duke of York

Princess Beatrice of York

Princess Eugenie of York

The Earl and Countess of Wessex

The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence

Peter Phillips and his wife, Autumn

Zara Phillips and her fiance Mike Tindall

Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley

Charles Armstrong-Jones

Lady Sarah Chatto and Daniel Chatto

Samuel Chatto

Arthur Chatto

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester

The Earl and Countess of Ulster

Lady Davina and Gary Lewis

Lady Rose and George Gilman

The Duke and Duchess of Kent

Earl and Countess of St Andrews

Lord Downpatrick

Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor

Lady Amelia Windsor

Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor

Lady Helen Taylor and Timothy Taylor

Prince and Princess Michael of Kent

Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor

Lady Gabriella Windsor

Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy

Mr and Mrs James Ogilvy

Marina Ogilvy

Lady Saltoun

Members of Foreign Royal Families

The Prince and Princess of the Asturias

The Queen of Denmark will be among about 2,000 guests Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium

The Sultan of Brunei and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Saleha

King Simeon II and Queen Margarita of Bulgraria

The Queen of Denmark

King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes

Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece and Prince Constantine of Greece

Sheikh Ahmad Hmoud Al-Sabah of Kuwait

Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso and Princess Mabereng Seeiso of Lesotho

The Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia

Prince Albert II of Monaco and Miss Charlene Wittstock

Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco

The Crown Prince and Princess of The Netherlands

The King and Queen of Norway

Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of Oman

The Emir of The State of Qatar and Sheika Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned

King Michael I of Romania and Crown Princess Margarita

Prince Mohamed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and Princess Fadwa bint Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulrahman

The Queen of Spain

The King of Swaziland

The Crown Princess of Sweden and The Duke of Vastergotland

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand

The King of Tonga

The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi

Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia

The Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia

Dignitaries

The Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda

The Governor-General of Australia and His Excellency Mr Michael Bryce

The Governor-General of The Bahamas and Lady Foulkes

The Governor-General of Barbados

The Governor-General of Belize and Lady Young

The Governor-General of Canada and Mrs David Jonhnston

The Governor-General of Jamaica

The Governor-General of New Zealand and Lady Satyanand

The Governor-General of Papua New Guinea and Mrs Michael Ogio

The Governor-General of the Solomon Islands and Lady Kabui

The Governor-General of St Christopher and Nevis

The Governor-General of St Lucia

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will attend with her partner The Governor-General of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Lady Ballantyne

The Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard and Tim Matheison

The Prime Minister of The Bahamas Hubert Ingraham and Delores Miller

The Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart

The Prime Minster of New Zealand John Key and Bronagh Key

The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and Lade Somare

The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Stephenson King and Rosalia Nestor King

The Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and The Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves and his wife

The Premier of Bermuda Paula Cox and Germain Nkeuleu

The Premier of The British Virgin Islands Ralph O'Neal and his wife

The Premier of the Cayman Islands McKeeva Bush and Kerry Bush

Sharon and Rodney Halford (Falkland Islands)

The Chief Minister of Gibraltar Peter Caruana and his wife

The Chief Minister of Montserrat Reuben Meade and the Reverend Doctor Joan Delsol Meade

John and Vilma Cranfield (St. Helena)

Members of government, Parliament and devolved administrations

Samantha Cameron will accompany her husband, David Prime Minister David Cameron and Samantha Cameron

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Miriam Gonzalez Duantez

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague and Ffion Hague

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and Frances Osborne

Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor Kenneth Clarke and Gill Clarke

Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equalities Theresa May and Philip May

Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt and his wife, Lucia

Labour leader Ed Miliband and Justine Thornton

Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow and Sally Bercow

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales and the Lady Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Alex Fergusson and his wife

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly William Hay and his wife

The Lord Speaker Lady Hayman and Martin Hayman

First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones and his wife, Lisa

First Minister of Northern Ireland Peter Robinson and Iris Robinson

First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond and Moira Salmond

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Marina Wheeler

The Lord Mayor and The Lady Mayoress

Sir Gus and Lady O'Donnell

The Lord Mayor of Westminster and Count Paolo Filo della Torre

Mr and Mrs Simon Fraser

Representatives from the Church and other Faiths

Rowan Williams, who will officiate at the wedding, is among numerous leaders of faith The Most Reverend Gregorios, Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and his wife

Rabbi Anthony Bayfield

Anil Bhanot

The Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal Archbishop Sean Brady

Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, The Most Reverend David Chillingworth

The Right Reverend John Christie, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Malcolm Deboo President, Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe

The Rt Reverend Doctor Norman Hamilton

The Archbishop of Armagh, The Most Reverend Alan Edwin Harper

Monsignor Philip Kerr, The Convener, Action of Churches Together in Scotland

Commissioner Elizabeth Matear, Salvation Army

The Archbishop of Wales, The Most Reverend Doctor Barry Morgan

The Reverend Gareth Morgan Jones, President of the Free Church Council of Wales

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-Connor

The Archbishop of Westminster, The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols

Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien, Archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh

Rabbi Alan Plancey

Imam Mohammad Raza

The Chief Rabbi (Lord Sacks)

The Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala, Acting Head Monk, The London Buddhist Vihara

Maulana Syed Raza Shabbarm, Muhammadi Trust

Mr Natubhai Shah, President, the Jain Academy

Dr Indarjit Singh, Director, Network Sikh Organisations (UK)

Canon Christopher Tuckwell

The Reverend Martin Turner

The Archbishop of York John Sentamu and his wife

Senior Members of the Defence Services

Major General and Mrs William Cubitt, Major General Commanding Household Division and GOC London District

Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen and Lady Dalton, Chief of the Air Staff

General Sir Nicholas and Lady Houghton

Air Vice-Marshal David and Mrs Murray, Defence Services Secretary

General Sir David and Lady Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff

Admiral Sir Mark and Lady Stanhope, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff

General Sir Peter and Lady Wall, Chief of the General Staff

Other guests

These are celebrities or people who have an official link to the couple. All have been invited with their spouses or partners if married or in a civil partnership.

David Allan, chairman of Mountain Rescue, England and Wales. Prince William has been patron of the organisation since 2007.

Major Tom Archer-Burton, Prince William and Prince Harry's Commanding Officer in the Household Cavalry. He also led the Burnaby Blue expedition to southern Africa - an African community project supported by Sentebale, in which Prince Harry was involved.

Charlie Mayhew, chief executive of the Conservation Charity, Tusk Trust.

Alison Moore-Gwyn, chief executive of Fields in Trust.

Seyi Obakin, chief executive of Centrepoint.

Peter Cross, chief executive of the charity SkillForce, of which Prince William has been Patron since 2009.

Amanda Berry, chief executive of Bafta. Prince William has been president of Bafta since 2010.

Ann Chalmers, chief executive of the Child Bereavement Charity. Prince William has been Patron of the Charity since 2009.

Julia Samuel, chair of the Child Bereavement Charity and also a family friend of Prince William. Prince William has been Patron of the Charity since 2009.

Tessa Green, chairman of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Prince William became President of The Royal Marsden in May 2007 having undertaken two days of work experience there in 2005.

Simon Johnson, worked closely with Prince William as Chief Operating Officer of the FA's 2018 World Cup bid.

Sir Clive Woodward, former coach of the England Rugby Team and the British and Irish Lions, will attend

Sir Trevor Brooking, Football Association's Director of Football Development.

Sir Clive Woodward, former coach of the England Rugby Team and the British and Irish Lions.

Gareth Thomas, met the prince several times in his role as Vice Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Ian Thorpe, Australian Olympic swimmer who met the prince on a visit to Australia in 2010.

Barty Pleydell-Bouverie, led the Cycle of Life charity bike ride across Africa in 2008, which raised money for the Tusk Trust.

Rear Admiral Ian Corder, Rear Admiral of Submarines. Prince William was appointed Commodore-in-Chief of Submarines by The Queen in 2006.

Brigadier Ed Smyth-Osbourne, Prince William and Prince Harry's Commanding Officer in the Household Regiment and acted as their military mentor.

Major William Bartle-Jones, Prince William's Squadron Leader in the Household Cavalry Regiment based at Windsor.

Wing Commander Steven Bentley, Prince William's Search and Rescue Force Squadron Leader at RAF Valley, Anglesey.

Sergeant Keith Best, colleague of Prince William's at RAF Valley, in Anglesey, North Wales.

Squadron Leader Paul Bolton, colleague of Prince William's at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales.

Wing Commander Kevin Marsh, met Prince William through his service in the RAF.

Lance-Corporal Martyn Compton, from the Household Cavalry. He was injured in an ambush in Afghanistan in 2006.

Holly Dyer, sister to 2nd Lieutenant Joanna Dyer, who was killed by a bomb in Iraq in 2007. Joanna was a close friend of Prince William's at Sandhurst.

Susie Roberts, the widow of Major Alexis Roberts, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007. Major Alexis Roberts was Prince William's Platoon Commander at Sandhurst.

Bryn and Emma Parry, founders of the charity Help for Heroes to assist wounded service men and women.

Edward Gould, Master of Marlborough College when Miss Middleton was a student.

Andrew Gailey, Vice-Provost of Eton College, who was Prince William's Housemaster.

Edward Dawson-Damer, ex-Irish Guards officer, who was Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the 1980s.

Sam Stevenson, Prince William's New Zealand equerry during his visit to the country in July 2005.

Sir John Major, appointed a guardian to Prince William and Prince Harry with responsibility for legal and administrative matters when Diana died in 1997.

David Beckham, with his wife, are among the invited celebrities Rowan Atkinson, close friend of The Prince of Wales.

Tom Bradby, journalist known both Prince William and Miss Middleton for some time.

Ben Fogle, television presenter and adventurer and has met Prince William on a number of occasions.

Sir Elton John, performer who sang at Diana's funeral.

David and Victoria Beckham, have met the prince as President of the Football Association, on a number of occasions.

Guy Ritchie, friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton.

Joss Stone, singer.

Mario Testino, photographer who took Prince William and Miss Middleton's official portrait photographs to mark their engagement.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, friend of The Prince of Wales and his family.

Sam Waley-Cohen, amateur jockey and a friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton.

Galen Weston, friend of the Prince of Wales and his family.




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