Which royals, celebrities and politicians are attending Charles' coronation?

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Which Royals, Celebrities And Politicians Are Attending Charles' Coronation?
Britain's King Charles will be crowned on Saturday. Photo: PA Images
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Royals, celebrities and politicians will attend the coronation of Britain's King Charles at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday.

Here are some of the famous faces who will be in the Abbey.

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Royals

Almost the entire British royal family will attend the ceremony, although Prince Harry's wife Meghan and Prince Andrew's former wife Sarah will miss the service.

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Meghan is not attending the service (Matt Dunham/PA)

All three of Prince William’s children will also be in attendance, with Prince George to be one of his grandfather’s four Pages of Honour.

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Prince Harry and Prince Andrew, who are no longer working royals, will attend the service on Saturday, but will not perform any duties.

Foreign royals

In a break from tradition, members of foreign royal families will be invited to the ceremony.

Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco will be attending, along with King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Dragon King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and his wife Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck.

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia are also expected to be there.

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Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko of Japan will represent Emperor Naruhito at the ceremony.

British politicians

British prime minister Rishi Sunak is expected to be there with his living predecessors, Cabinet ministers and leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer.

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Rishi Sunak is due to attend (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

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Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf has accepted an invite.

World leaders

President Michael D Higgins will become the first Irish Head of State to attend the coronation of a British monarch, along with his wife Sabina and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, while Sinn Fein’s leader in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill, is also set to attend.

The US First Lady is due to be there, but her husband US president Joe Biden will not.

French president Emmanuel Macron will be in the Abbey, along with Germany and Italy’s ceremonial presidents, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Sergio Mattarella, rather than heads of government Olaf Scholz and Giorgia Meloni.

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Chinese vice-president Han Zheng, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese and Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif will also be there.

Iran has not been invited to the king’s coronation – joining a list that includes Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Syria and Venezuela.

Celebrities

Among the notable faces who are on the list are; Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ant and Dec, David and Victoria Beckham and Rowan Atkinson.

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David and Victoria Beckham are on the guest list (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Musicians Lionel Richie, Kelly Jones of Stereophonics and Nick Cave are confirmed to be going.

Also set to attend are; Edward Enninful, Charlotte Mensah, Stella McCartney, Dame Joanna Lumley and Bear Grylls.

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