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There's a wonderful mix of people attending the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton many we won't know as they are just everyday people but of course there's many we do know in terms of the Royal Family, Dignitaries and Celebrities.
The following are all confirmed to attend the Royal Wedding Service at Westminster Abbey on the 23rd April 2011.
Members of the British Royal Family
The QueenThe Duke of EdinburghThe Prince of Wales and The Duchess of CornwallPrince Henry of WalesThe Duke of YorkPrincess Beatrice of YorkPrincess Eugenie of YorkThe Earl and Countess of WessexThe Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Timothy LaurenceMr. and Mrs. Peter PhillipsMiss Zara Phillips with Mr. Mike TindallViscount Linley and Viscountess LinleyAnd The Hon. Charles Armstrong-JonesThe Lady Sarah Chatto and Mr. Daniel ChattoAnd Master Samuel ChattoAnd Master Arthur ChattoThe Duke and Duchess of GloucesterThe Earl and Countess of UlsterThe Lady Davina and Mr. Gary LewisLady Rose and Mr. George GilmanThe Duke and Duchess of KentEarl and Countess of St. AndrewsLord DownpatrickThe Lady Marina-Charlotte WindsorThe Lady Amelia WindsorThe Lord and Lady Nicholas WindsorThe Lady Helen Taylor and Mr. Timothy TaylorPrince and Princess Michael of KentThe Lord and Lady Frederick WindsorThe Lady Gabriella WindsorPrincess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady OgilvyMr. and Mrs. James OgilvyMiss Marina OgilvyThe Lady Saltoun
Members of Foreign Royal Families
The Prince and Princess of the AsturiasThe Crown Prince of BahrainPrince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of BelgiumThe Sultan of Brunei and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah SalehaKing Simeon II and Queen Margarita of the BulgarianThe Queen of DenmarkKing Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of the HellenesCrown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece and Prince Constantine of GreeceSheikh Ahmad Hmoud Al-Sabah of KuwaitPrince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso and Princess Mabereng Seeiso of LesothoThe Grand Duke and Duchess of LuxembourgThe Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Raja Permaisuri Agong of MalaysiaPrince Albert II of Monaco and Miss Charlene WittstockPrincess Lalla Salma of MoroccoThe Crown Prince and Princess of The NetherlandsThe King and Queen of NorwaySayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of OmanThe Emir of The State of Qatar and Sheika Mozah bint Nasser Al MissnedKing Michael I of Romania and Crown Princess MargaritaPrince Mohamed bin Nawaf bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and Princess Fadwa bint Khalid bin Abdullah bin AbdulrahmanThe Queen of SpainThe King of SwazilandThe Crown Princess of Sweden and The Duke of VästergötlandPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of ThailandThe King of TongaThe Crown Prince of Abu DhabiCrown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of YugoslaviaThe Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia
Dignitaries
The Governor-General of Antigua and BarbudaThe Governor-General of Australia and His Excellency Mr. Michael BryceThe Governor-General of The Bahamas and Lady FoulkesThe Governor-General of BarbadosThe Governor-General of Belize and Lady YoungThe Governor-General of Canada and Mrs. David JohnstonThe Governor-General of JamaicaThe Governor-General of New Zealand and Lady SatyanandThe Governor-General of Papua New Guinea and Mrs Michael OgioThe Governor-General of the Solomon Islands and Lady KabuiThe Governor-General of St Christopher and NevisThe Governor-General of St LuciaThe Governor-General of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Lady Ballantyne
The Prime Minister of Australia and Mr. Tim MathiesonThe Prime Minister of The Bahamas and Ms Delores MillerThe Prime Minister of BarbadosThe Prime Minister of New Zealand and Mrs. John KeyThe Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea and Lady SomareThe Prime Minister of Saint Lucia and Mrs. Rosalia Nestor KingThe Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and The Grenadines and Mrs. Ralph Gonsalves
The Premier of Bermuda and Mr. Germain NkeuleuThe Premier of The British Virgin Islands and Mrs. Ralph O'NealThe Premier of the Cayman Islands and Mrs. Kerry BushThe Hon. Sharon and Mr. Rodney Halford (Falkland Islands)The Chief Minister of Gibraltar and Mrs. Peter CaruanaThe Chief Minister of Montserrat and the Reverend Doctor Joan Delsol MeadeThe Hon. John and Mrs. Vilma Cranfield (St. Helena)
Members of Government, Parliament and Devolved Administrations
The Prime Minister and Mrs. David CameronThe Deputy Prime Minister and Ms. Miriam Gonzalez DuantezFirst Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Mrs. William HagueThe Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Hon. Mrs. OsborneThe Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor and Mrs. Kenneth ClarkeThe Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Mr. Philip MayThe Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and Mrs. Jeremy HuntThe Rt. Hon Ed Miliband, M.P and Ms. Justine ThorntonThe Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs. John BercowThe Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales and the Lady Elis-ThomasThe Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament and Mrs. Alex FergussonThe Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Mrs. William HayThe Lord Speaker and Mr. Martin HaymanFirst Minister of Wales and Mrs. Carwyn JonesFirst Minister of Northern Ireland and Mrs. Peter RobinsonFirst Minister of Scotland and Mrs. Alex SalmondThe Mayor of London and Mrs. Boris JohnsonThe Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor and The Lady MayoressSir Gus and Lady O'DonnellThe Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor of Westminster and Count Paolo Filo della TorreMr. and Mrs. Simon Fraser
Representatives from the Church and other Faiths
The Most Reverend Gregorious, Archbishop of the Greek Archdiocese of Thysteira and Great BritainThe Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs. Rowan WilliamsRabbi Anthony BayfieldMr. Anil BhanotThe Archbishop of Armagh, Cardinal Archbishop Sean BradyPrimus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, The Most Reverend David ChillingworthThe Right Reverend John Christie, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of ScotlandMr. Malcolm Deboo President, Zoroastrian Trust Funds of EuropeThe Rt. Reverend Doctor Norman HamiltonThe Archbishop of Armagh, The Most Reverend Alan Edwin HarperMonsignor Philip Kerr, The Convener, Action of Churches Together in ScotlandCommissioner Elizabeth Matear, Salvation ArmyThe Archbishop of Wales, The Most Reverend Doctor Barry MorganThe Reverend Gareth Morgan Jones, President of the Free Church Council of WalesCardinal Cormac Murphy-ConnorThe Archbishop of Westminster, The Most Reverend Vincent NicholsCardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien, Archbishop of St. Andrews and EdinburghRabbi Alan PlanceyImam Mohammad RazaThe Chief Rabbi (Lord Sacks)The Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala, Acting Head Monk, The London Buddhist ViharaMaulana Syed Raza Shabbarm, Muhammadi TrustMr. Natubhai Shah, President, the Jain AcademyDr Indarjit Singh, Director, Network Sikh Organisations (UK)Canon Chirstopher TuckwellThe Reverend Martin TurnerThe Archbishop of York and Mrs. John Sentamu
Senior Members of the Defence Services
Major General and Mrs. William Cubitt, Major General Commanding Household Division and GOC London DistrictAir Chief Marshal Sir Stephen and Lady Dalton, Chief of the Air StaffGeneral Sir Nicholas and Lady HoughtonAir Vice-Marshal the Hon. David and Mrs. Murray, Defence Services SecretaryGeneral Sir David and Lady Richards, Chief of the Defence StaffAdmiral Sir Mark and Lady Stanhope, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval StaffGeneral Sir Peter and Lady Wall, Chief of the General Staff
Amongst the guests at The Wedding Service are all Heads of Mission in London representing countries with which the United Kingdom has normal diplomatic relations and Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenants for the United Kingdom. These individuals will not be accompanied by their spouses or partners.
Other guests at The Wedding Service, who may be recognisable to television viewers or whom have an official link to Prince William or Miss Middleton include the names below. Please note that this list is not exhaustive of any of the categories of guests – charitable, military, friends or any other category – invited.
All the following individuals have been invited with their spouses or partners if married or in a civil partnership:
Mr. David AllanDavid Allan is the Chairman of Mountain Rescue, England and Wales. Prince William has been Patron of the organisation since 2007.
Major Tom Archer-BurtonMajor Archer Burton was Prince William and Prince Harry's Commanding Officer in the Household Cavalry. He also led the Burnaby Blue expedition to southern Africa – an African community project supported by Sentebale, in which Prince Harry was involved.
Mr. Charlie MayhewCharlie Mayhew is Chief Executive of the Conservation Charity, Tusk Trust. Prince William and Prince Harry visited Tusk-funded projects in Botswana last year. The visit to Africa was the first overseas Royal tour that Prince William and Prince Harry undertook together.
Mrs. Alison Moore-GwynAlison Moore Gwyn is Chief Executive of Fields in Trust. In 2010, Prince William became Patron of The Queen Elizabeth II Fields, an initiative to protect and create hundreds of playing fields throughout the UK in honour of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The project is run by Fields in Trust.
Mr. Seyi ObakinSeyi Obakin is Chief Executive of Centrepoint. Centrepoint became Prince William's first Patronage in 2005. His mother, Diana, Princess of Wales was also Patron of the Charity. Seyi slept rough with Prince William in London to highlight the issue of homelessness.
Mr. Peter CrossPeter Cross is Chief Executive of the charity SkillForce, of which Prince William has been Patron since 2009. Earlier this month, Prince William officially launched the SkillForce Prince's Award, in recognition of the contribution that young people make to their communities.
Miss Amanda BerryAmanda Berry is Chief Executive of BAFTA. Prince William has been President of BAFTA since 2010.
Mrs. Ann ChalmersAnn Chalmers is Chief Executive of the Child Bereavement Charity. Prince William has been Patron of the Charity since 2009. The Child Bereavement Charity educates professionals and supports families both when a child dies and when a child is bereaved.
Mrs. Julia SamuelJulia Samuel is Chair of the Child Bereavement Charity and also a family friend of Prince William. Prince William has been Patron of the Charity since 2009. The Child Bereavement Charity educates professionals and supports families both when a child dies and when a child is bereaved.
Mrs. Tessa GreenTessa Green is former Chairman of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Prince William became President of The Royal Marsden in May 2007 having undertaken two days of work experience there in 2005. The Prince helped out in a variety of departments, including medical research, catering and fundraising.
Mr. Simon JohnsonSimon Johnson worked closely with Prince William as Chief Operating Officer of the FA's 2018 World Cup bid.
Sir Trevor BrookingSir Trevor is the Football Association's Director of Football Development and is responsible for youth-coaching standards in England. Prince William has been President of the FA since 2006 and has met Sir Trevor on several occasions at FA events.
Sir Clive WoodwardSir Clive Woodward is a former Coach of the England Rugby Team and the British and Irish Lions. Prince William was invited by Sir Clive to join the British and Irish Lions rugby team on their tour to New Zealand in 2005.
Mr. Gareth ThomasPrince William met Welsh Rugby player Gareth Thomas several times in his role as Vice Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union.
Mr. Ian ThorpeAustralian Prince William met the Olympic swimmer, Ian Thorpe, on a visit to Australia in 2010. The Prince has since supported Mr. Thorpe's charitable organisation Ian Thorpe's Fountain for Youth, which focuses on improving health and education for children.
Mr. Barty Pleydell-BouverieBarty Pleydell-Bouverie led the Cycle of Life charity bike ride across Africa in 2008, which raised money for the Tusk Trust.
Rear Admiral Ian CorderRear Admiral Ian Corder is Rear Admiral of Submarines. Prince William was appointed Commodore-in-Chief of Submarines by The Queen in 2006.
Brigadier Ed Smyth-OsbourneBrigadier Smyth-Osbourne was Prince William and Prince Harry's Commanding Officer in the Household Regiment and acted as their military mentor. He was also Prince Harry's Commanding Officer when The Prince undertook active service in Afghanistan.
Major William Bartle-JonesMajor Bartle-Jones was Prince William's Squadron Leader in the Household Cavalry Regiment based at Windsor.
Wing Commander Steven BentleyWg Cdr Steve Bentley is Prince William's Search and Rescue Force Squadron Leader at RAF Valley, Anglesey.
Sergeant Keith BestSgt Keith Best is a colleague of Prince William's at RAF Valley, in Anglesey, North Wales. The Winchman was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery in the Air after playing a major role in the rescue efforts in the Cumbrian floods in 2009.
Squadron Leader Paul BoltonSqn Ldr Paul Bolton is a colleague of Prince William's at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales.
Wing Commander Kevin MarshWing Commander Kevin Marsh met Prince William through his service in the RAF. He will be one of the Path Liners outside Westminster Abbey on the wedding day.
Lance-Corporal Martyn ComptonMartyn is a Lance-Corporal in the Household Cavalry. He was injured in an ambush in Afghanistan in 2006, which put him in a coma for three months and left him with 75 per cent burns.
Miss Holly DyerHolly is sister to 2nd Lieutenant Joanna Dyer, who was killed by a bomb in Iraq in 2007. Joanna was a close friend of Prince William's at Sandhurst. In a statement released by Clarence House at the time, Prince William said he was "deeply saddened to hear the tragic news and he is very much thinking of her family and friends right now and they will remain in his thoughts and prayers."
Mrs. Susie RobertsSusie Roberts is the widow of Major Alexis Roberts, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007. Major Alexis Roberts was Prince William's Platoon Commander at Sandhurst. In a statement released at the time, Prince William said he was deeply saddened to learn of Major Robert's Death. The Prince remembers him with 'great fondness and respect'.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryn ParryFormer soldier Bryn Parry and his wife Emma founded the charity Help for Heroes to assist wounded service men and women. Both Prince William and Prince Harry are supporters of the charity and Prince William previously opened a new swimming pool at Headley Court in 2010, which had been funded by Help for Heroes.
Mr. Edward GouldMr. Edward Gould was Master of Marlborough College whilst Miss Middleton was a student.
Dr. Andrew GaileyDr Andrew Gailey is the Vice-Provost of Eton College and was Prince William's Housemaster.
The Hon. Edward Dawson-DamerAustralian Ed Dawson-Damer is an ex-Irish Guards officer, who was Equerry to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the 1980's. He hosted Prince William for a section of his visit to Australia in January 2010.
Mr. Sam StevensonNew Zealander Sam Stevenson was Prince William's New Zealand equerry during his visit to the country in July 2005. At the time, Sam was a Captain within the New Zealand Defence Forces. During the visit, Prince William undertook official engagements representing The Queen in Wellington and Auckland at events to commemorate the end of the Second World War.
Sir John MajorFollowing the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, Sir John Major was appointed a Guardian to Prince William and Prince Harry with responsibility for legal and administrative matters.
Mr. Rowan AtkinsonActor Rowan Atkinson is a close friend of The Prince of Wales.
Mr. Tom BradbyThe journalist and news reporter Tom Bradby has known both Prince William and Miss Middleton for some time. He conducted their first joint interview together on the day their engagement was announced.
Mr. Ben FogleBen Fogle is best known as a travel writer, television presenter and adventurer and has met Prince William on a number of occasions.
Sir Elton JohnSir Elton John is a singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He performed at the funeral of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
Mr. and Mrs. David BeckhamPrince William, as President of the Football Association, has met footballer David Beckham on a number of occasions. They recently worked together as Ambassadors of England's 2018 World Cup Bid.
Mr. Guy RitchieGuy Ritchie is a friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton. He is a well-established filmmaker, who directed Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Revolver.
Miss Joss StoneJoss Stone is best known as an English Soul singer and songwriter. She performed at the Concert for Diana at Wembley in 2007 and at City Salute in 2008.
Mr. Mario TestinoPhotographer Mario Testino took Prince William and Miss Middleton's official portrait photographs to mark their engagement.
Miss Tara Palmer-TomkinsonTara Palmer Tomkinson is a friend of The Prince of Wales and his family.
Mr. Sam Waley-CohenAmateur jockey Sam Waley Cohen is a friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton.
Mr. Galen WestonCanadians Galen and Hilary Weston are friends of The Prince of Wales and his family.
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