The guest list will include hundreds of global leaders and other political figures as all nations with which the UK has diplomatic relations have received invitations. Up to 500 foreign dignitaries are expected to attend.
Here’s who we know will be at the funeral on Monday.
я╗┐Australian guests attending the Queen’s funeral
The attendees, in fact, are not so ordinary.
They include current Australian of the Year and retired tennis star Dylan Alcott; Aboriginal elder, artist and Ngan’gityemerri language group activist Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann; and Queensland’s Local Hero 2022, Saba Abraham, an Eritrean refugee who played a vital role in preventing the spread of COVID-19.
The guests also include special needs dentist Dr Trudy Lin, research, training and education pioneer Professor Helen Milroy, and Valmai Dempsey, one of the ACT’s longest-serving volunteersя╗┐.
Kim Smith, a local Tasmanian hero; я╗┐Danny Abdallah, the Sydney father who co-founded the i4give Foundation; and Helen Milroy, the 2021 WA Australian of the Year are the remaining invitees who will attend.
Chris Waller, who trained superstar racehorse Winx as well as some of the Queen’s own steeds, was the tenth Aussie to be given an invite, but he won’t be attending the funeral due to COVID-19.
Governor-General David Hurley, acting High Commissioner to the UK Lynette Wood and RSL president Greg Melick are other Australian officials who will attend.
Albanese’s partner, Jodie Haydon, will also be at the funeral, as will Hurley’s wife, Linda.я╗┐
Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith will reportedly attend the commemorations as a Victoria Cross recipient.
All Victoria Cross and George Cross holders тАУ military awards for gallantry тАУ receive invites.я╗┐
The ten ‘ordinary’ Australians invited to the Queen’s funeral
British royalsя╗┐ attending the Queen’s funeral
An extensive list of British royals is expected to be in attendance, starting with the Queen’s children: King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Princeя╗┐ Andrew.
Camilla, Queen Consort, Sir Tim Laurence and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, will of course be alongside them.
Andrew’s ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, will also be there.
Princes William and Harry, along with their wives, Catherine, the Princess of Wales and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will all also be in attendance.
They will be joined by Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie, Peter Phillips, Zara Tindallя╗┐, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn.
Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and Princess Alexandra and Prince Richard of Gloucester will also attend the service.
Media reports in the UK said it was “unlikely” Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis, four, would take any part in the proceedings.
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European and other royalsя╗┐ attending the Queen’s funeral
The Danish royal family has confirmed the attendance я╗┐of Australia’s own Crown Princess Mary, along with her husband, Crown Prince Frederik, and Queen Margrethe II.
Having just celebrated her Golden Jubilee, the Danish queen was one of the longest-serving royals behind Queen Elizabeth II.
Four members of Spain’s royal family will be present as Spain’s former monarch Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia join King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.
King Willem-Alexander, Queen M├бxima and Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands will be at the funeral, as will King Phillipe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium.
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway have also confirmed their attendance, along with Romania’s Custodian of the Crown, Margareta, and Prince Consort Radu.
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will be in attendance and Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf Queen Silvia have also reportedly accepted their invitation.
Japanese news outlet Asahi Shimbun reported, citing Imperial Household Agency officials, that a Japanese emperor has only attended the funeral of a foreign head of state or royal family member on one previous occasion, when then-Emperor Akihito attended the funeral of Belgian King Baudouin in 1993.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II, who remembered the Queen as an “iconic leader” and “beacon of wisdom and principled leadership”, will also be attending her funeral.
British guestsя╗┐ attending the Queen’s funeral
Less than two weeks after being asked to form a government by Elizabeth II, Liz Truss will lead the UK’s political attendees, less than two weeks after being asked to form government by the late monarch.
Opposition Leader Sir Keir Starmer and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon have yet to publicly confirm their attendance but will certainly will be there.
Almost 200 UK Queen’s Birthday honour recipients will also join the congregation.
The palace said that number included those who “made extraordinary contributions to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and have volunteered in their local communities”.
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Other world leadersя╗┐ attending the Queen’s funeral
US President Joe Biden was among the first world leaders to announce that he would be flying in, and was set to be joined by his wife, Jill Biden.
The leaders of most Commonwealth countries, including New Zealand and Canada, are also expected to attend.
New Zealand media reports Ardern will be joined by Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, M─Бori King Kiingi T┼лheitia, former governor-general Dame Silvia Cartwrightя╗┐ and others.
At least four other Pacific Island nations will be represented: Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu and Samoa.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape and Governor-General Bob Dadae, Solomon Islands Governor-General David Vunagi, Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natanopo and Governor-General Tofiga Vaevalu Falani and Samoan Head of State Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II will be in attendance, their governments say.
Albanese said the countries had accepted “transport” help to get to London.
“We offered passage to senior representatives from all 10 Pacific countries which are Commonwealth members,” he said, a few days before two RAAF jets left Sydney on Thursday night..
“Final lists are being settled.”
France’s Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Italy’s Sergio Mattarella, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol are among the presidents attending.
Local media reports Israeli President я╗┐Isaac Herzog and his wife will also be attending.
Irish President Michael Higgins and Taoiseach Micheal Martinя╗┐ are also expected to be among the mourners.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would also be there, according to the Guardian.
World leaders not invited я╗┐to the Queen’s funeral
A senior British government source told CNNя╗┐ Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing would not be invited.
In the case of Russia and Belarus, the source said their exclusion was due to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, which Belarus has supported.
In the case of Myanmar, it is because of the treatment of the Rohingya people, the source said.
Palace protocol is not to reveal invitees to family events, and it has not commented on the guest list.
Earlier this month, Myanmar’s ruling junta sentenced the UK’s former ambassador to the country to a year in prison over immigration charges.
Syria, Venezuela and Afghanistan are three of the countries that haven’t been asked to send a representative, according to Britain’s PA Media news agency.
Representatives from North Korea and Nicaragua have been invited “only at ambassadorial level”, PA added.
– Reported with Associated Press and CNNя╗┐
