Who Is Attending Queen Elizabeth's Funeral? Every World Leader and Royal Reported So Far

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A glimpse has been given into the guest list for Queen Elizabeth's upcoming funeral.

The monarch will be laid to rest in a state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on September 19, and the somber ceremony will draw some of the world's most powerful players.

The Times released an expected guest list Tuesday, which a London government source likened to packing "hundreds of state visits" into just a few days. About 500 heads of state, royals and other political luminaries are expected to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth, who "peacefully" died at age 96 on September 8.

From the Commonwealth, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Jamaican Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen have said they will attend.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (5L), reacts after posing for a family photograph with, from left, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italy's Prime minister Mario Draghi, President of the European Council Charles Michel, and US President Joe Biden during an evening reception at The Eden Project in south west England on June 11, 2021. - G7 leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States meet this weekend for the first time in nearly two years, for three-day talks in Carbis Bay, Cornwall. (Photo by JACK HILL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACK HILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will represent the United States, which shares a special relationship with the U.K. Naturally, the U.K.'s newly elected Prime Minister Liz Truss will also mourn the monarch.

WINDSOR, ENGLAND - JUNE 13: Queen Elizabeth II and U.S. President Joe Biden at Windsor Castle on June 13, 2021 in Windsor, England. Queen Elizabeth II hosts US President, Joe Biden and First Lady Dr Jill Biden at Windsor Castle. The President arrived from Cornwall where he attended the G7 Leader's Summit and will travel on to Brussels for a meeting of NATO Allies and later in the week he will meet President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert - Pool/UK Press via Getty Images)

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Rounding out the G7, President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, President Sergio Mattarella of Italy and President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission will also be there.

WINDSOR, ENGLAND - JUNE 17: Queen Elizabeth II (C) with King Felipe VI of Spain (L) and Queen Letizia of Spain (R), after the king was invested as a Supernumerary Knight of the Garter, ahead of the Order of the Garter Service at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle on June 17, 2019 in Windsor, England. The Order of the Garter is the senior and oldest British Order of Chivalry, founded by Edward III in 1348. The Garter ceremonial dates from 1948, when formal installation was revived by King George VI for the first time since 1805. (Photo by Steve Parsons - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Royal guests will include Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia and of Sweden, Emperor Naruhito of Japan, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, and the monarch's mother, the former monarch Princess Beatrix.

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King Felipe's parents, the former King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, may also join, as will King Harald V of Norway and Queen Margrethe of Denmark.

LONOND - JUNE 12: Queen Elizabeth II, knights Governor-General Of Jamaica Sir Patrick Allen on June 12, 2009 in London, England. Allen, who was accompanied by his wife Patricia,was presented with his credentials during a private audience at Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Tim Ireland/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
LONOND - JUNE 12: Queen Elizabeth II, knights Governor-General Of Jamaica Sir Patrick Allen on June 12, 2009 in London, England. Allen, who was accompanied by his wife Patricia,was presented with his credentials during a private audience at Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Tim Ireland/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Traveling in from elsewhere Europe and around the world, dignitaries include: President Andrzej Duda of Poland, President Alexander Van der Bellen of Austria, President Gitanas Nauseda of Lithuania, President Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, President Isaac Herzog of Israel, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, President Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka, President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea and President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 19: Queen Elizabeth II greets Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Blue Drawing Room at The Queen's Dinner during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Buckingham Palace on April 19, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 19: Queen Elizabeth II greets Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Blue Drawing Room at The Queen's Dinner during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at Buckingham Palace on April 19, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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According to The Times, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine will not be there amid the ongoing war with Russia, nor will a rep from Russia or Belarus.

Not invited is Myanmar, following a coup in the country last year. The paper reports that Iran was asked to attend at an ambassadorial level, so President Ebrahim Raisi will not be in the pews.

Britain's King Charles III flanked by Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Britain's Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, walk behind the procession of Queen Elizabeth II's coffin, from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles Cathedral, on the Royal Mile on September 12, 2022, where Queen Elizabeth II will lie at rest. - Mourners will on Monday get the first opportunity to pay respects before the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as it lies in an Edinburgh cathedral where King Charles III will preside over a vigil.

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Ceremonial events are in motion through the week as Queen Elizabeth's coffin travels from Scotland, where she died, home to England.

Following her state funeral at Westminster next Monday, she will be buried St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle with her parents, King George VI and the Queen Mother, her sister, Princess Margaret, and her husband, Prince Philip.