Ritchie, Atkinson Thorpe to attend

Apr 24, 2011 |

Age Correspondent

London

RELIGIOUS LEADERS of South Asian origin have been named in the partial list of guests attending the wedding of Prince William on Friday.
The 1,900-strong wedding guest list includes celebrities like David and Victoria Beckham, Sir Elton John and partner David Furnish, film director Guy Ritchie, actor Rowan Atkinson, singer Joss Stone, Olympic star Ian Thorpe and photographer Mario Testino.

St. James’ Palace released the names of representatives of other faiths in the partial guest list on Saturday afternoon. Hindu Council UK founding member Anil Bhanot, Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe president Malcolm Deboo, Imam Mohammed Raza, London Buddhist Vihara acting head monk Bogoda Seelawimala, Muhammadi Trust’s Maulana Syed Raza Shabbarm, Jain Academy president Natubhai Shah and Network Sikh Organisations (UK) director Dr Indarjit Singh are all on the confirmed guest list for the wedding ceremony in the Westminster Abbey.
The seating plan for the wedding ceremony was also revealed by Clarence House on Saturday. Close family and friends will be near enough to the couple to watch the couple take their vows.
Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry will sit in the front row. Kate’s mother Carole will sit directly opposite the queen, next to her husband Michael and her son James.
Members of the Spencer family, including two sisters and brother of Lady Diana, will be seated on the front row of their block near the Middletons and the royal family.
The rest of the 1,900-strong congregation in the 1,000-year-old church will have to witness the ceremony on screens as their view of the wedding will be obstructed by the design of the abbey.

Post new comment

<form action="/comment/reply/69626" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="post" id="comment-form"> <div><div class="form-item" id="edit-name-wrapper"> <label for="edit-name">Your name: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="60" name="name" id="edit-name" size="30" value="Reader" class="form-text required" /> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-mail-wrapper"> <label for="edit-mail">E-Mail Address: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <input type="text" maxlength="64" name="mail" id="edit-mail" size="30" value="" class="form-text required" /> <div class="description">The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.</div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-comment-wrapper"> <label for="edit-comment">Comment: <span class="form-required" title="This field is required.">*</span></label> <textarea cols="60" rows="15" name="comment" id="edit-comment" class="form-textarea resizable required"></textarea> </div> <fieldset class=" collapsible collapsed"><legend>Input format</legend><div class="form-item" id="edit-format-1-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-1"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-1" name="format" value="1" class="form-radio" /> Filtered HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd></li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> <div class="form-item" id="edit-format-2-wrapper"> <label class="option" for="edit-format-2"><input type="radio" id="edit-format-2" name="format" value="2" checked="checked" class="form-radio" /> Full HTML</label> <div class="description"><ul class="tips"><li>Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.</li><li>Lines and paragraphs break automatically.</li></ul></div> </div> </fieldset> <input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" id="form-c8f131875cb6a2594cb14f2ccb176453" value="form-c8f131875cb6a2594cb14f2ccb176453" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" id="edit-comment-form" value="comment_form" /> <fieldset class="captcha"><legend>CAPTCHA</legend><div class="description">This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.</div><input type="hidden" name="captcha_sid" id="edit-captcha-sid" value="88368732" /> <input type="hidden" name="captcha_response" id="edit-captcha-response" value="NLPCaptcha" /> <div class="form-item"> <div id="nlpcaptcha_ajax_api_container"><script type="text/javascript"> var NLPOptions = {key:'c4823cf77a2526b0fba265e2af75c1b5'};</script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://call.nlpcaptcha.in/js/captcha.js" ></script></div> </div> </fieldset> <span class="btn-left"><span class="btn-right"><input type="submit" name="op" id="edit-submit" value="Save" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div></form>