Royal wedding guestlist: who will be attending on the big day

  

Invitations to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton have been issued in the name of The Queen.

Around 1,900 people have been invited to the service at Westminster Abbey, with 650 people of those going on to the lunchtime reception at Buckingham Palace given by the Queen and just 300 people attending the evening dinner at Buckingham Palace, which will be given by the Prince of Wales.

Over 1,000 of those attending are either family or friends of the Prince or Miss Middleton. Additionally, there are over 40 members of foreign royal families, over 200 members of government, parliament and the diplomatic corps, and approximately 80 people the Prince has worked with at his charities.

Names of note include:

Celebrities:

David and Victoria Beckham, Guy Ritchie, Sir Clive Woodward, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Fogle

The Middleton’s list:

Gary Goldsmith, Miss Middleton’s uncle who was caught on film allegedly dealing drugs. Alex Loudon, the boyfriend of Pippa Middleton. Sir John Madejski, the chairman of Reading football club. Richard Benyon, the Tory MP for Newbury.

Colleagues

All 27 members of the Prince's search and rescue flight C Flight 22 at RAF Valley in Anglesey have been invited to the wedding, along with their partners.

The Mustique Set:

Roger Pritchard and Brian Alexander, of the Mustique Company; Richard Schaffer, the island’s tennis coach; Gregory Allen, yoga teacher; Michael Bunbury, the local doctor; Basil Charles, owner of Basil’s Bar.

The exes:

Willem Marx, whom Miss Middleton dated at school, and Rupert Finch, whom she dated at university. Jecca Craig, reportedly Prince Williams’s first love; Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe; Arabella Musgrove; Rose Farquhar.

Government list:

Includes Timur Kuanyshev, a Kazakh tycoon who made generous donations to the Royal Opera House. Ja Song-nam, North Korea’s ambassador.


from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8443755/Royal-wedding-guestlist-who-will-be-attending-on-the-big-day.html