List of guests at the state funeral of Elizabeth II

The state funeral of Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, was attended by a significant number of dignitaries from across the world, with priority given to those from the Commonwealth of Nations, becoming one of the largest gathering of world leaders in history. They attended a service at Westminster Abbey on 19 September 2022. In addition to foreign dignitaries, a small number of the Queen's family, friends, cabinet ministers, religious representatives, courtiers and employees, and volunteers who have supported their communities attended.[1][2]

Countries from which at least one representative attended the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022.

To accommodate all countries wishing to be allocated seats, the UK government limited the number of members in each official diplomatic delegation to two.[3] 500 heads of state and foreign dignitaries were present at the funeral ceremony, which was attended by 2,000 people in total.[4][5]

Representatives from 168 countries, out of 193 UN member states, two UN observer states and Kosovo,[n 1] confirmed attendance, including 18 monarchs, 55 presidents and 25 prime ministers.

Royal family and relatives

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* Present at the committal service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle only.

The late Queen's descendants:[6][7][8]

Members of the Queen's family attended her funeral

Other descendants of King George VI:[9][10]

Other descendants of King George V:[6]

  • The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the late Queen's first cousin and his wife
    • Earl and Countess of Ulster, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and his wife
      • Lord Culloden, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
      • Lady Cosima Windsor, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
    • Lady Davina Windsor, the late Queen's first cousin once removed
      • Senna Lewis, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
    • Lady Rose and George Gilman, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband
      • Lyla Gilman, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
  • The Duke of Kent, the late Queen's first cousin
    • Earl and Countess of St Andrews, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and his wife
    • Lady Helen and Timothy Taylor, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband
      • Columbus Taylor, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
      • Cassius Taylor, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
      • Eloise Taylor, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
      • Estella Taylor, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
    • Lord Nicholas Windsor, the late Queen's first cousin once removed
      • Albert Windsor, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
      • Leopold Windsor, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
  • Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy, the late Queen's first cousin
    • James and Julia Ogilvy, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and his wife
      • Flora and Timothy Vesterberg, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed and her husband
      • Alexander Ogilvy, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
    • Marina Ogilvy, the late Queen's first cousin once removed
      • Zenouska Mowatt, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
      • Christian Mowatt, the late Queen's first cousin twice removed
  • Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, the late Queen's first cousin and his wife
  • The Earl and Countess of Harewood, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and his wife*

Other descendants of King Edward VII:

  • The Duke and Duchess of Fife, the late Queen's second cousin once removed and his wife
  • Lady Alexandra and Mark Etherington, the late Queen's second cousin once removed and her husband
  • The King and Queen of Norway, the late Queen's second cousin and his wife**[11]

Other descendants of Queen Victoria:

Bowes-Lyon family

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Descendants of the late Queen's aunt, Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone:

  • Rosemary and James Leschallas, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband
  • Susan and Peregrine Bertie, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband
  • Simon and Susan Rhodes, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and his wife
  • Michael Rhodes, the late Queen's first cousin once removed
  • Annabel Cope, the late Queen's first cousin once removed
  • Victoria and John Pryor, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband

Descendants of the late Queen's uncle, Lieutenant The Hon. John Bowes-Lyon:

Descendants of the late Queen's aunt, Rose Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville:

  • The Earl Granville, the late Queen's first cousin once removed*
  • The Hon. Niall Leveson-Gower, the late Queen's first cousin once removed*
  • Gilbert and Rosalind Clayton, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and his wife
  • Rose and William Stancer, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband

Descendants of the late Queen's uncle, Lt.-Col. The Hon. Michael Bowes-Lyon:

  • Lady Elizabeth and Antony Leeming, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband
  • Lady Diana and Christopher Godfrey-Faussett, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband
  • Sarah and Peter Troughton, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband[12]
  • Sabrina and Christopher Penn, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and her husband*
  • Matthew and Jane Colman, the late Queen's first cousin once removed and his wife
  • The Hon. Albemarle Bowes-Lyon, the late Queen's first cousin

Descendants of the late Queen's uncle, The Hon. Sir David Bowes-Lyon:

Descendants of the late Queen's great-uncle, The Hon. Francis Bowes-Lyon:

  • Captain David and Harriet Bowes-Lyon, the late Queen's second cousin once removed and his wife

Phillips family

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Spencer family

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Parker Bowles and Shand families

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  • Andrew Parker Bowles, former husband of the Queen Consort*
    • Tom Parker Bowles, Godson of the King and son of the Queen Consort[13][14]
      • Lola Parker Bowles, granddaughter of the Queen Consort
      • Frederick Parker Bowles, grandson of the Queen Consort
    • Laura and Harry Lopes, daughter and son-in-law of the Queen Consort[13][14]
      • Eliza Lopes, granddaughter of the Queen Consort
      • Gus Lopes, grandson of the Queen Consort
      • Louis Lopes, grandson of the Queen Consort
  • Annabel and Simon Elliot, sister and brother-in-law of the Queen Consort[14]

Middleton family

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United Kingdom

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The incumbent British Prime Minister, Liz Truss (top), along with six former British Prime Ministers (Sir John Major, Sir Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa, Lady May, and Boris Johnson), attended the late Queen's state funeral.

*The incumbent and former Prime Ministers were present at both the state funeral and the committal service

Great Officers of State

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Sovereign's Bodyguard

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Pallbearers

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  • Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Matheson of Matheson, Coldstream Guards (former Secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, 2005–2014)
  • Air Marshal Sir David Walker, RAF (former Master of the Household, 2005–2013)
  • Major James Patrick, Irish Guards (former Equerry, 1992–1995)
  • Lieutenant-Commander Toby Williamson, RN (former Equerry, 1995–1998)
  • Squadron Leader Simon Brailsford, RAF (former Equerry,1998–2001)
  • Major James Duckworth-Chad, Coldstream Guards (former Equerry, 2001–2004)
  • Commander Heber Ackland, RN (former Equerry, 2004–2007)
  • Wing Commander Andrew Calame, RAF (former Equerry, 2007–2010)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Dan Rex, Royal Gurkha Rifles (former Equerry, 2010–2012)
  • Lieutenant Commander Andrew Canale, RN (former Equerry, 2012–2015)
  • Wing Commander Samuel Fletcher, RAF (former Equerry, 2015–2017)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, Blues and Royals (former Equerry, 2017–2020)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richards, Welsh Guards (Deputy Master of the Household)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Tom White, RM (Equerry)

Royal Household

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Officers of Arms

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England

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Scotland

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Household Division

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  • Lieutenant General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne, Gold Stick-in-Waiting, Colonel of the Life Guards
  • Lieutenant General Sir James Bucknall, Colonel of the Coldstream Guards
  • Major General Chris Ghika, Major-General commanding the Household Division
  • Colonel Mark Berry, Silver Stick-in-Waiting
  • Lieutenant Colonel Gareth Light, Field Officer in Brigade Waiting

Members of the Cabinet

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Leaders of other UK political parties

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First ministers of devolved governments

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Leaders of other political parties in devolved nations

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Other politicians

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Recipients of orders and decorations

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Crown Dependencies

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British Overseas Territories

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Service Chiefs

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Other realms

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Prime ministers and governors-general were in attendance at both the state funeral and the committal service.[43]

Canada

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The concurrent Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau (top), along with four former Canadian Prime Ministers (Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, and Stephen Harper), attended the state funeral of Canada's late Queen.

Australia

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New Zealand

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Representatives from New Zealand (Austin's partner and Shannon Austin, Arden's partner Clarke Gayford, Jacinda Ardern, Dame Cindy Kiro and husband Dr Richard Davies) attended the funeral of New Zealand's longest-reigning sovereign.

Jamaica

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The Bahamas

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Grenada

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Papua New Guinea

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Solomon Islands

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Tuvalu

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Saint Lucia

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  • Errol Charles, Acting Governor-General of Saint Lucia[66]
  • Ernest Hilaire, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism, Investment, Creative Industries, Culture and Information of Saint Lucia[67]
  • Anthony Severin, High Commissioner for Saint Lucia to the United Kingdom[67]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Belize

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Antigua and Barbuda

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

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  • Denzil Douglas, Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis[72]

Other Commonwealth countries

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Royalty

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Heads of state and government

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President Droupadi Murmu of India, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, and Hasina's sister Sheikh Rehana, attended the Queen's state funeral

The following Commonwealth heads of state and government attended the funeral:

Other national representatives

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Commonwealth Secretariat

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International

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Royalty

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  • * Present at the committal service at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, only
  • ** Present at both the state funeral and the committal service
  • *** Present at the Buckingham Palace reception on 18 September but not at either the state funeral or the committal service

Members of reigning royal houses

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The late Queen's second cousin Harald V of Norway (middle) and third cousins, Margrethe II of Denmark (left) and Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (right), attended her funeral.

Members of non-reigning royal houses

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Heads of state and government

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Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde (left), French President Emmanuel Macron (middle) and US President Joe Biden (right) attended the funeral.

Foreign ministers

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Ambassadors

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  • Carles Jordana, Andorran Ambassador to the United Kingdom[150]
  • Geraldo Nunda, Angolan Ambassador to the United Kingdom[citation needed]
  • Javier Esteban Figueroa, Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom[209]
  • Vanja Filipović, Bosnian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[195]
  • Kan Pharidh, Cambodian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[210]
  • Rafael Ortiz Fábrega, Costa Rican Ambassador to the United Kingdom[211]
  • Igor Pokaz, Croatian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[156]
  • Ayeid Mousseid Yahya, Djiboutian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[212]
  • Antonito de Araújo, Timorese Chargé d'affaires to the United Kingdom[citation needed]
  • Sebastián Corral, Ecuadorian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[213]
  • Vanessa Interiano, Salvadoran Ambassador to the United Kingdom[214]
  • Estifanos Habtemariam Ghebreyesus, Eritrean Ambassador to the United Kingdom[citation needed]
  • José Alberto Briz Gutiérrez, Guatemalan Ambassador to the United Kingdom[215]
  • Euvrard Saint Amand, Haitian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[citation needed]
  • Iván Romero-Martínez, Honduran Ambassador to the United Kingdom[216]
  • Desra Percaya, Indonesian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[217][non-primary source needed][218]
  • Mehdi Hosseini Matin, Iranian Chargé d'affaires to the United Kingdom[n 3]
  • Mohammad Jaafar Al-Sadr, Iraqi Ambassador to the United Kingdom[citation needed]
  • Choe Il, North Korean Ambassador to the United Kingdom[220][n 3]
  • Edil Baisalov, Kyrgyzstani Ambassador to the United Kingdom[citation needed]
  • Phongsavanh Sisoulath, Laotian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[citation needed]
  • Gurly Gibson-Schwarz, Liberian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[221]
  • Angela Ponomariov, Moldovan Ambassador to the United Kingdom[citation needed]
  • Hakim Hajoui, Moroccan Ambassador to the United Kingdom[222]
  • Gyan Chandra Acharya, Nepali Ambassador to the United Kingdom[200]
  • Guisell Morales Echaverry, Nicaraguan Ambassador to the United Kingdom[n 3]
  • Hussein Mohammed Muqaibel, Omani Chargé d'affaires to the United Kingdom[201]
  • Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[223]
  • Natalia Royo de Hagerman [wikidata], Panamanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[224]
  • Genaro Pappalardo, Paraguayan Ambassador to the United Kingdom[225]
  • Juan Carlos Gamarra Skeels, Peruvian Ambassador to the United Kingdom[citation needed]
  • Pisanu Suvanajata, Thai Ambassador to the United Kingdom[226]
  • César Rodríguez-Zavalla, Uruguayan Ambassador to the United Kingdom[227]

Other national representatives

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Other subnational representatives

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Faith representatives

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Information in this section taken from the official order of service.[243]

Christian

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England

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  • Agu Irukwu, Senior Pastor of Jesus House UK
  • Glyn Barrett, National Leader of Assemblies of God
  • Helen Cameron, Moderator of the Free Churches Group
  • Shermara Fletcher, Principal Officer for Pentecostal and Charismatic Relations of Churches Together in England
  • Brian Peddle, General of the Salvation Army
  • Graham Thompson, President of the Methodist Conference
  • Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Great Britain
  • Vincent Nichols, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster
  • Archbishop Nikitas, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain

Scotland

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Wales

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  • Simon Walkling, President of the Free Church Council of Wales
  • Andrew John, Archbishop of Wales
  • Mark O'Toole, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff

Northern Ireland

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  • David Nixon, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland
  • Ian Brown, Lead Minister of Martyrs Memorial Free Presbyterian Church
  • John Kirkpatrick, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
  • Eamon Martin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
  • John McDowell, Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and Metropolitan

Royal Household

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Westminster Abbey and others

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  • Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England and Metropolitan
  • Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, Primate of England and Metropolitan
    • The Lord and Lady Sentamu, former Archbishop of York and his wife
  • David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster
  • David Stanton, Sub-Dean and Canon Treasurer
  • Tricia Hillas, Canon Steward and Archdeacon of Westminster
  • James Hawkey, Canon Theologian and Almoner
  • Anthony Ball, Canon of Westminster and Rector of St. Margaret's Church
  • Mark Birch, Minor Canon and Precentor
  • Robert Latham, Minor Canon and Sacrist

Other religions

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International organisations

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Other dignitaries

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Absences

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Invitations rescinded

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Uninvited states

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Six UN member states were not invited to be represented at the funeral due to poor or non-existing diplomatic relations between their respective governments and that of the United Kingdom. Belarus and Russia were both excluded due to their involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[261] The de facto governments of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria and Venezuela were also not invited as they did not maintain any official relations with the UK government.[219]

The Republic of China (Taiwan) was not invited officially to the funeral because the UK has no official diplomatic relations with the ROC.[262] However, Kelly Hsieh, Taiwan's representative to the UK, was "specially invited" by the British government to add Taiwan's condolences at Lancaster House in London.[263][264] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described it as "... the same courtesies as those afforded to heads of state, representatives, and members of royal households from other countries ..."[265]

Notes

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  1. ^ Kosovo's declaration of independence is recognised by the United Kingdom.
  2. ^ Sall was also the concurrent Chairperson of the African Union.
  3. ^ a b c The governments of Iran, North Korea, and Nicaragua were permitted to be represented only at the ambassadorial level, and to not send their respective heads of state.[219]

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