Some of the invited guests included Kings and Queens, president, prime ministers, celebrities and friends from across the globe were among the 2000 guests at the funeral. King Charles III and consort, the Princess Royal, Rice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the duke of yoke, the earl of Wessex and the countess were near the Queen’s coffin. The current Lizz Truss and her husband Hugh O’Leary also in attendance at the Queen’s funeral. Other people who were invited include the heads of states and about 100 presidents were thought to have been in the abbey.
Some of the presidents who were available include the US president Joe Biden accompanied by his wife Jill Biden and the France president Emmanuel Macron attended with his wife Brigitte. President of France Mr. Macron Emmanuel who had met the Queen three times, had said that she had been “a friend of France, a kindhearted Queen, who has left a lasting impression on her country and her century”.
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Representatives from Syria, Venezuela and Afghanistan have not been invited. This is because the UK does not have full diplomatic relations with these countries. UK relations with Russia collapsed since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A spokesperson for Russia’s president Vladimir Putin said he was “not considering attending the funeral”. The invasion was launched partially from the territory of Belarus. The UK has significally scaled back its diplomatic pre
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sence in Myanmar since a military coup last year.
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North Korea (DPRK) and Nicaragua have been invited to send only ambassadors, not heads of state