Who's Attending Queen Elizabeth's Funeral?
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Queen Elizabeth's state funeral will take place on Monday, September 19, 2022. Buckingham Palace has released specific details about the schedule of the funeral—which includes the broad categories of people invited: heads of state, overseas government representatives, foreign royal families, governors general, and realm prime ministers. (More here on all the royals confirmed to attend the Queen's funeral.) Invitations to the funeral were offered to the head of state from each country, along with their spouse or partner.
In addition, the Palace shared, "Other representatives of the Realms and the Commonwealth, the Orders of Chivalry including recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross, Government, Parliament, devolved Parliaments and Assemblies, the Church, and Her Majesty’s Patronages will form the congregation, along with other public representatives."
Ahead of the funeral, King Charles will host heads of state and official overseas guests at Buckingham Palace on Sunday. Here's all the politicians, world leaders, and others confirmed to attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral:
UK leaders
Prime Minister Liz Truss, who met with Queen Elizabeth just two days before the monarch died, will be in attendance, as will the Labour party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, and First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford.
US presidents
The White House confirmed that President Joe Biden will attend Queen Elizabeth's funeral along with First Lady Jill Biden. Not all former presidents will be able to attend, but there is speculation that some former, like Barack and Michelle Obama, may receive private invites.
Commonwealth leaders
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia
Governor-General David Hurley of Australia
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand
Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica
Governor-General Patrick Allen of Jamaica
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh
Prime Minister James Marape of Papua New Guinea
Governor-General Bob Dadae of Papua New Guinea
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa
President Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka
President Paula-Mae Weekes of Trinidad and Tobago
President Droupadi Murmu of India
Other world leaders
Taoiseach (similar to 'Prime Minister') Micheál Martin of Ireland
President Michael D. Higgins of Ireland
President Emmanuel Macron of France
President Alexander Van der Bellen of Austria
President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany
President Sergio Mattarella of Italy
President Isaac Herzog of Israel
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil
President Sauli Niinistö of Finland
President Hage Geingob of Namibia
President Yoon Suk-Yeol of South Korea
President Katalin Novak of Hungary
President Egils Levits of Latvia
President Andrzej Duda of Poland
President Gitanas Nauseda of Lithuania
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
European Council President Charles Michel
Other attendees
All holders of the Victoria Cross or George Cross will be able to attend, as will the nearly 200 people recognized at the Queen's Birthday Honors in June. The birthday honors recipients "drawn from across the UK were recognised for their extraordinary contributions in areas including the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, people who volunteered in their communities, charity workers and those who work in healthcare, education and the wider public sector," according to a spokesperson for the Prime Minister.
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