Royal wedding guest list of Prince william and Kate Middleton wedding will present more than 200 members of the government, parliamentary representatives and representatives of the diplomatic service. There will be 60 governors-general and prime ministers – including Australia's Julia Gillard, an avowed republican – 30 members of the defence services and 80 representatives from William's favoured charities,including some individuals who are not in senior positions, who the prince has known for some time.
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Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have not been invited, apparently because, unlike Major, Thatcher and Prince William, they are not members of the Order of the Garter and because it is not a state occasion.
More than 1,000 of the 1,900 in the congregation at the abbey will be friends – who have been given the best seats.
William and Kate's immediate families and close friends from St Andrews University, where they met, will have the best view. Close to 500 of them will be seated in the North Lantern and the North and South Transepts and Stalls, which have unobscured views of the Sacrarium where the couple will exchange their vows.