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To: RandFan

I am certainly watching it.


12 posted on 09/19/2022 12:44:59 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Some 2,000 people are expected to attend the Queen’s state funeral later, in what will be one of the biggest gatherings of royalty and politicians hosted in the UK for decades.

No official guest list has been published, but here’s what we know about who will - and won’t - be attending at 11am service at Westminster Abbey.

Foreign royals

Members of royal families from across Europe will attend the funeral. This includes the kings and queens of Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain.

From further afield, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are attending.

World leaders

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have travelled to London for the funeral. Other world leaders we expect to see this morning are French President Emmanuel Macron, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with leaders from many other Commonwealth nations. South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived, as has Kenya’s William Ruto.

Russia, Belarus and Syria have been excluded.

UK politicians and officials

Many familiar faces from British public life will be there.

Prime Minister Liz Truss, who the Queen appointed just two days before she died, is heading to the abbey with other government figures, as well as opposition politicians, leaders of the UK’s devolved governments, and numerous other public officials.

Charities, sport, arts and science

Alongside the Queen’s family and friends, we also expect to spot representatives from charities she supported, as well as recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross.

The funeral looks likely to be a who’s who of the late monarch’s 70-year-reign, with famous faces expected.


13 posted on 09/19/2022 12:56:28 AM PDT by RandFan (For some reason I'm interested in politics, particularly the U.S. Senate)
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