what is the full guest list?

what is the full guest list?

The most important ceremony in the United Kingdom after the death of Elizabeth II will be held next weekend, with a more than curious guest list.

He King Charles III will celebrate this weekend coronation in United Kingdomeight months after the death of his mother, the queen Isabel II. In the midst of a massive security operation, more than 2,200 people will attend the ceremony, which will take place at Westminster Abbey.

One of the controversies of the day has to do with who will be the great absentee: Meghan Marklewife of the king’s youngest son, Harry. The Duchess of Sussex will stay in her California home with her two children, who are considered other major absences, as they are the king’s grandchildren.

The list of guests and those excluded in the most important ceremony in the life of the monarch has some key points, which generated a lot of curiosity among the public. The intention of King Carlos III since he was proclaimed was to hold a ceremony of smaller scale than that of the late Queen in 1953, without losing the pomp and traditions of the British monarchy.

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Who will attend the coronation?

  • The attendee list includes international representatives from 203 countries, of which around 100 are their heads of state. Among them, Lula da SilvaPresident of Brazil; Emmanuel MacronFrance’s president; Frank Walter SteinmeierPresident of Germany, among others.
  • It is also expected the presence of church representatives and different religions, heads of government and foreign ministers and Nobel Prize winners.
  • in the Church of st margaretattached to the abbey, about 400 young people representatives of non-governmental organizations designated by Carlos and Camila will be able to follow the religious ceremony.
  • British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunakand his wife, akshata murthyalong with members of the government.
  • representatives of the British Civil Society honored by the monarchy, among them the English schoolboy max wooseywho slept in a tent in his garden for three years to raise money for charity, and Richard Thomaswhich delivered thousands of medicines to sick people during the covid-19 lockdowns.
  • Members of other monarchies such as princes Frederick and Mary of Denmarkthe princes fumihito and Kiko from JapanPrinces Albert II and Charlene of Monaco, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan.
  • More than 80 members of the lower and upper houses of the British Parliament.
  • Tom Parker Bowles and laura lopeschildren of Queen Camila’s first marriage.
  • american president Joe Biden will be represented by his wife, Jill Biden. According to British and American officials, this is in accordance with precedent as no US president has ever attended the coronation of a British sovereign.

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Those excluded from the ceremony

In addition to Meghan and her family, there is a list of people who were not invited to the coronation.

  • Most of the british dukes. These used to attend dressed in coronation gowns and crowns, but were affected by the wish of Carlos III that the guest list be “meritocratic and not aristocratic”.
  • He Duke of Rutland expressed his disappointment to the Daily Mail newspaper. It was “families like mine who supported the royal family for more than 1,000 years“, he claimed.
  • They were also not invited Spouses of British MPs.
  • Sarah Fergusonex-wife of Prince Andrew, brother of the king, with whom he continues to live on the royal family estate in Windsor.
  • Lady Pamela Mountbattendaughter of the great-uncle and mentor of Carlos III, the Earl Mountbatten of Burmawho was a maid of honor at the wedding of Elizabeth II with Felipe in 1947.
  • The emeritus king of Spain, Juan Carlos de Bourbon.

Source: Ambito

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