From Ant and Dec to the Prince and Princess of Monaco, some 2,200 people will be at Westminster Abbey to watch as Charles III is crowned.
On Saturday more than 2,000 people will fill Westminster Abbey for the King and Queen Consort's coronation.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed 203 countries will be represented by"approximately 100 heads of state" and other dignitaries.The Prince and Princess of Wales will be there with their children Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis, five. George and Charlotte have been given the role of 'page of honour'.
The Queen Consort's ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles is coming, according to a report in The Times, as well as her son Tom Parker Bowles.Her sister Annabel Elliot and friend Lady Lansdowne will also be there and take on the role of ladies in attendance. But this time Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Dragon King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and his wife Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, will all attend.Buckingham Palace hasn't published a list of leaders set to attend - only that 203 countries will be represented.
Further representatives have been nominated to travel to London by each country's High Commission and diplomatic corps.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty, will represent the government along with a select number of ministers. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will be there as leader of the opposition. Former prime ministers have also been sent invitations.Humza Yusaf will represent Scotland and Mark Drakeford Wales.
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