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Prince William and Kate Middleton have invited 1,900 guests to their April wedding, officials said on Sunday, filling Westminster Abbey with foreign royals, family, friends and reportedly David Beckham.
Gilded invitations issued in the name of Queen Elizabeth II began dropping onto doormats this week after being
sent out on Wednesday and Thursday, with the monarch’s EIIR cypher die-stamped in gold, AP reports.
While British Prime Minister David Cameron has been invited, President Barack Obama and other world leaders will miss out because William is only second in line to the British throne, not the heir, The Sunday Times said.
William has invited ex-girlfriends Jecca Craig and Olivia Hunt, both 28, and Kate has invited former boyfriend Rupert Finch, 32, the newspaper reported.
Relatives of William’s late mother, Diana, have also reportedly been invited, with the guest list set to include her sisters Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale and her brother, Earl Charles Spencer.
More than 1,000 guests will be drawn from William and Kate’s family and friends, including most likely friends from St Andrews university, where the couple met, St James’s Palace revealed.
The queen and her husband Prince Philip will be at the head of the royal family group filling the pews, along with William’s father Prince Charles and his best man and brother Prince Harry.
Kate’s parents Michael and Carole Middleton will also have front row seats along with sister Pippa, her maid of honour, and her brother James.
However, only 600 people have been invited to a lunchtime reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by the queen, and an even smaller group of 300 will attend a dinner and dance hosted by Prince Charles in the evening.