From the Soul diva Joss Stone to the King with 14 wives and the Princess who married her personal trainer: Who sits with who at the Abbey
The official Royal Wedding guest list, which has been kept tightly under wraps for weeks, was finally unveiled yesterday.
Around 1,900 people have been invited to Friday’s Westminster Abbey ceremony which will be watched by a worldwide TV audience of about two billion.
Reflecting Prince William and Kate Middleton’s desire to strike a personal note, more than 1,000 guests are drawn from the ranks of their family and friends. The invitations were issued in February in the name of the Queen.
The Mail on Sunday has already revealed the names of many of the friends, families and celebrities lucky enough to be invited but here is the official list of confirmed attendees (which is not complete) published on the official Royal Wedding website...
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Wills' friends
Mr 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.
Mr Charlie Mayhew, Chief Executive of the conservation charity Tusk Trust.
Alison Moore Gwyn, Chief Executive of Fields
in Trust.
Mr Seyi Obakin, Chief Executive of Centrepoint. He slept rough with Prince William in London to highlight the issue of homelessness.
Mr Peter Cross, Chief Executive of the charity SkillForce.
Miss Amanda Berry, Chief Executive of BAFTA.
Prince William has been President of BAFTA since 2010.
Mrs Ann Chalmers, Chief Executive of the Child Bereavement Charity. Prince William has been Patron of the Charity since 2009.
Mrs Julia Samuel, Chair of the Child Bereavement Charity and also a family friend of Prince William.
Mrs Tessa Green, Former Chairman of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
Mr Simon Johnson. Worked closely with Prince William as Chief Operating Officer of the FA’s 2018 World Cup bid.
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.
Mr Gareth Thomas, Welsh rugby player.
Mr Ian Thorpe, Australian Olympic swimmer.
Mr 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 is Commodore in Chief of Submarines.
Brigadier Ed Smyth-Osbourne, Prince William and Prince Harry’s military mentor and Commanding Officer in the Household Regiment.
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 at RAF Valley, in Anglesey, North Wales.
Squadron Leader Paul Bolton, Colleague of Prince William at RAF Valley.
Wing Commander Kevin Marsh. Met Prince William through his service in the RAF.
Lance-Corporal Martyn Compton. Injured in an ambush in Afghanistan in 2006.
Miss Holly Dyer, Sister of 2nd Lieutenant Joanna Dyer, who was killed by a bomb in Iraq in 2007.
Mrs Susie Roberts, Widow of Major Alexis Roberts, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007. Major Roberts was Prince William’s Platoon Commander at Sandhurst.
Mr and Mrs Bryn Parry, Former soldier Bryn Parry and wife Emma founded the charity Help for Heroes.
Mr Edward Gould, Master of Marlborough College while Miss Middleton was a student.
Dr Andrew Gailey, Vice-Provost of Eton College and Prince William’s former Housemaster.
The Hon Edward Dawson-Damer, Australian ex-Irish Guards officer, who was Equerry to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother in the Eighties.
Mr Sam Stevenson, Prince William’s New Zealand equerry.
Sir John Major. Following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, Sir John Major was appointed a guardian to Prince William and Prince Harry.
Mr Rowan Atkinson, Actor and close friend of the Prince of Wales.
Mr Tom Bradby, ITN journalist who conducted the couple’s first joint interview on the day of their engagement.
Mr Ben Fogle, TV presenter and adventurer.
Sir Elton John.
Performed at the funeral of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
Mr and Mrs David Beckham.
Prince William, as President of the Football Association, has met footballer David Beckham on a number of occasions. They recently worked together as Ambassadors of England’s 2018 World Cup bid.
Mr Guy Ritchie, Friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton.
Mr Mario Testino. Photographer who took Prince William and Miss Middleton’s official engagement photographs.
Miss Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, friend of the Prince of Wales and his family.
Mr Sam Waley-Cohen. Amateur jockey friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton.
Mr Galen Weston. Canadian retail tycoon and friend of the Prince of Wales.
Faith leaders, politicians, dignitaries, the Forces and the Middletons
The Most Reverend Gregorious, Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of Thysteira and Great Britain.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Rowan Williams.
Rabbi Anthony Bayfield.
Mr Anil Bhanot, founding member of the Hindu Council UK.
Cardinal Archbishop Sean Brady, The Archbishop of Armagh.
The Most Reverend David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.
The Right Reverend John Christie, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Mr Malcolm Deboo, President, Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe.
The Most Reverend Alan Edwin Harper, The Archbishop of Armagh.
Monsignor Philip Kerr, The Convener, Action of Churches Together in Scotland.
Commissioner Elizabeth Matear, Salvation Army.
The Most Reverend Dr Barry Morgan, The Archbishop of Wales.
The Reverend Gareth Morgan Jones,
President of the Free Church Council of Wales.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-Connor.
The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, The Archbishop of Westminster.
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.
Canon Christopher Tuckwell, Administrator of Westminster Cathedral.
The Reverend Martin Turner, Senior Minister at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster.
The Archbishop of York and Mrs John Sentamu.
Politicians
The Prime Minister and Mrs David Cameron.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Ms Miriam Gonzalez Duantez.
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and
Mrs William Hague.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and The Hon Mrs Osborne.
The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor and Mrs Kenneth Clarke.
The Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Mr Philip May.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and Mrs Jeremy Hunt.
The Rt Hon Ed Miliband, MP and Ms Justine Thornton.
The Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs John Bercow.
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales and the Lady Elis-Thomas.
The Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and Mrs Alex Fergusson.
The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Mrs William Hay.
The Lord Speaker and Mr Martin Hayman.
First Minister of Wales and Mrs Carwyn Jones.
First Minister of Northern Ireland and Mrs Peter Robinson.
First Minister of Scotland and Mrs Alex Salmond.
The Mayor of London and Mrs Boris Johnson.
The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor and The Lady Mayoress.
Sir Gus and Lady O’Donnell.
Dignitaries
The Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, and Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key.
The Forces
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.
Air Vice-Marshal The Hon 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.
The Middletons
Mrs Carole Middleton.
Mr Michael Middleton.
Mr James Middleton.
Miss Philippa Middleton.
British Royal Family
The Queen.
The Duke of Edinburgh.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
Prince Henry of Wales.
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.
Mr and Mrs Peter Phillips.
Miss Zara Phillips with Mr Mike Tindall.
Viscount Linley and Viscountess Linley and The Hon Charles Armstrong-Jones.
The Lady Sarah Chatto and Mr Daniel Chatto.
Master Samuel Chatto and Master Arthur Chatto.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
The Earl and Countess of Ulster.
The Lady Davina and Mr Gary Lewis.
Lady Rose and Mr George Gilman.
The Duke and Duchess of Kent.
Earl and Countess of St Andrews.
Lord Downpatrick.
The Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor.
The Lady Amelia Windsor.
The Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor.
The Lady Helen Taylor and Mr Timothy Taylor.
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
The Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor.
The Lady Gabriella Windsor.
Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy.
Mr and Mrs James Ogilvy.
Miss Marina Ogilvy.
The Lady Saltoun.
The Spencers and foreign royals
The Lady Sarah McCorquodale.
Mr Neil McCorquodale.
Mrs Anne Wake-Walker.
The Lord Robert Fellowes.
The Lady Jane Fellowes.
The Earl Spencer.
Miss Karen Gordon, fiancee of Earl Spencer.
Foreign Royals
The Prince and Princess of the Asturias.
The Crown Prince of Bahrain.
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 the Bulgarians.
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.
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