Royal Wedding Guest List Revealed: Who's Going?

By Christine Fenno Posted Apr 23rd 2011 01:48PM

Royal wedding guests, shine your shoes and polish your best jewels: The big day is less than a week away!

We now know which lucky VIPs with invitations to Prince William and Kate Middleton's nuptials will be dressed in their finest at Westminster Abbey. Nobody could upstage the bride and groom, of course, but who else will cameras from around the world be angling to catch on April 29?

The palace has just revealed a "selected" list of royals and celebs who are confirmed as wedding guests. Beloved Brits David and Victoria Beckham and Sir Elton John are no surprise, but keep your eyes open for these other famous faces.

Director Guy Ritchie, singer Joss Stone, Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe and quirky 'Mr. Bean' star Rowan Atkinson are confirmed to attend.

Peruvian-born Mario Testino, the photographer (and Princess Diana favorite) responsible for William and Kate's official engagement photos, will be a guest. So will the chief executive of BAFTA (known by many as the British Oscars -- it turns out Prince William became the president of BAFTA last year!).

As for non-British dignitaries, Prince Albert of Monaco will attend with his fiance, Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock (surely taking notes for their upcoming July wedding). Prince Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (second cousin to Prince Charles, mother of actress Catherine Oxenberg and 1397th in line to the British throne) will be a guest, as will royals from Spain, Greece, Tonga, Swaziland, Denmark, Bahrain, Belgium, Morocco, Norway, Abu Dhabi, The Netherlands, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, among others.

Despite recording a love song for the couple, singer George Michael did not make the guest list.

By the way, guests have been asked to come empty-handed: The couple requests donations to charities in lieu of wedding gifts.

Tags: Kate Middleton, Prince William, royal wedding

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Sunday 24 April

By Brighton

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Greg, your ignorance knows no bounds. First of all, it's "consummation", not "conception". Conception is what your parents should have avoided. Second, what kind of creepy freak wants to see that simply because he is unable to get a girl of his own...And finally, pick up a book once in a while. Political leaders are never invited. In addition to President & Mrs. Obama not being invited, neither were ANY presidents. It is royals who are invited. As for the stae of affairs of this country, you've certainly shown why no American should be invited by exposing your backwoods hillbilly mannerisms.

Monday 25 April

By Colin

Prime Minister Stephan Harper is invited. So much for no political leaders.

Saturday 23 April

By teddy

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who cares about this?

doesn't anyone care about the more important things?

NBC cancelled paul reiser's new show...

By gary bonta

england has the royal family and we have lindsay lohan

By Dana

LOL, you are so right

By summerctz

And can you tell the difference?

By Ernie D.

I would like to know the "Who Doesn't Care" list.

By icdou007

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Amazing people say they will watch but don't tell the guests, people on the board say who cares yet they are here, can you say hypocrites.

By Fred

You're not on it. You opened and read this article so you must care.

By Slick

Ill be there....im the bartender.

By jwyola

Oops ... Seems the Barack O's invitation may have been lost in the mail...unless Winston's bust was a gut buster

Amen Gram

By turbogtrmstr

People magazine will do a spread, a week long of specials, before and after and you think they won't mention a guest. Hello, you better not watch then you might see a guest.

By Jerry

This will be the biggest welfare wedding of the year.

By sfgfgg

By linmarco

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Only crowned heads of state, not political heads of state, are traditionally invited to such events. President Obama was not snubbed and neither were scores of other heads of state.

By Jordan Ryan

The Obama's were not invited because they wouldnt attend anyway. Get real.

By speech

I agree with you The President and First Lady has no logical reason to even WANT to attend this wedding - they are wayyy too important

By sleeevless

blah blah

By kc

who really cares... are they going to find me a job in the us? think not! so do i really care, no they already live together. so what is the big deal! she must be preggies.

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