List of wedding guests of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
The following is the guest list for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
Relatives of the groom
[House of Windsor]
- The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, the groom's paternal grandparents
- * The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall, the groom's father and stepmother
- ** Prince Henry of Wales, the groom's brother
- * The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, the groom's paternal aunt and uncle
- ** Peter and Autumn Phillips, the groom's first cousin and his wife
- ** Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall, the groom's first cousin and her fiancé
- * The Duke of York, the groom's paternal uncle
- ** Princess Beatrice of York, the groom's first cousin
- ** Princess Eugenie of York, the groom's first cousin
- * The Earl and Countess of Wessex, the groom's paternal uncle and aunt
- ** The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, the groom's first cousin
- The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon's family:
- * The Viscount and Viscountess Linley, the groom's first cousin, once removed and his wife
- ** The Honourable Charles Armstrong-Jones, the groom's second cousin
- ** The Honourable Margarita Armstrong-Jones, the groom's second cousin
- * The Lady Sarah and Daniel Chatto, the groom's first cousin, once removed and her husband
- ** Samuel Chatto, the groom's second cousin
- ** Arthur Chatto, the groom's second cousin
- The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the groom's first cousin, twice removed and his wife
- * Earl and Countess of Ulster, the groom's second cousin, once removed and his wife
- * The Lady Davina and Gary Lewis, the groom's second cousin, once removed and her husband
- * The Lady Rose and George Gilman, the groom's second cousin, once removed and her husband
- The Duke and Duchess of Kent, the groom's first cousin, twice removed and his wife
- * Earl and Countess of St Andrews, the groom's second cousin, once removed and his wife
- ** Lord Downpatrick, the groom's third cousin
- ** Lady Marina-Charlotte Windsor, the groom's third cousin
- ** Lady Amelia Windsor, the groom's third cousin
- * The Lady Helen and Timothy Taylor, the groom's second cousin, once removed and her husband
- * The Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor, the groom's second cousin, once removed and his wife
- Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, the groom's godmother and first cousin, twice removed
- * James and Julia Ogilvy, the groom's second cousin, once removed and his wife
- * Marina Ogilvy, the groom's second cousin, once removed
- Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, the groom's first cousin, twice removed and his wife
- * The Lord and Lady Frederick Windsor, the groom's second cousin, once removed and his wife
- * The Lady Gabriella Windsor, the groom's second cousin, once removed
Other descendants of Queen Victoria
- The Queen of Denmark, the groom's third cousin, once removed
- The Crown Princess of Sweden and The Duke of Västergötland, the groom's fourth cousin, once removed and her husband
- The King and Queen of Norway the groom's second cousin, twice removed and his wife
- The Queen of Spain the groom's second cousin, once removed
- * The Prince and Princess of Asturias the groom's third cousin and his wife
- The Margrave and Margravine of Baden, the groom's first cousin once removed and his wife
- Princess Margarita of Baden, the groom's first cousin, once removed
- King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes, the groom's second cousin, once removed and third cousin, once removed
- * Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, the groom's third cousin and his wife
- ** Prince Constantine-Alexios of Greece and Denmark, the groom's third cousin, once removed and godson
- King Michael I of Romania, the groom's second cousins, once removed
- * Crown Princess Margareta of Romania the groom's third cousin
- Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia, the groom's third cousin and his wife
- The Landgrave of Hesse the groom's third cousin, twice removed
- and Princess Yvonne of Hesse, the groom's first cousin, once removed and his wife
- * The Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau, the groom's second cousin
- Prince Philipp and Princess Saskia of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the groom's second cousin
- Princess Xenia, Mrs Soltmann and Mr Max Soltmann, the groom's second cousin
- The Lady Saltoun, widow of the groom's second cousin, thrice removed
- The Countess Mountbatten of Burma, the groom's first cousin, twice removed
- * The Lord Brabourne, the groom's second cousin, once removed and godfather
- The Lady Pamela Hicks, the groom's first cousin, twice removed
Bowes-Lyon Family
- The Honourable Margaret Rhodes, the groom's first cousin, twice removed
Spencer family
- The Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Neil McCorquodale, the groom's maternal aunt and uncle
- * Emily McCorquodale, the groom's first cousin
- * George McCorquodale, the groom's first cousin
- * Celia McCorquodale, the groom's first cousin
- The Lady and Lord Fellowes, the groom's maternal aunt and uncle
- * The Honourable Laura Pettman, the groom's first cousin
- * The Honourable Alexander Fellowes, the groom's first cousin
- * The Honourable Eleanor Fellowes, the groom's first cousin
- The Earl Spencer and Karen Gordon, the groom's maternal uncle and his fiancée
- *The Lady Kitty Spencer, the groom's first cousin
- *The Lady Eliza Spencer, the groom's first cousin
- *The Lady Amelia Spencer, the groom's first cousin
- *Viscount Althorp, the groom's first cousin
- The Lady Anne Wake-Walker, the groom's maternal great-aunt
- The Lord and Lady Fermoy, the groom's first cousin, once removed and his wife
Relatives of the bride
- Michael and Carole Middleton, the bride's parents
- *Pippa Middleton and Mr Alex Loudon, the bride's sister and her guest
- * James Middleton, the bride's brother
- Gary and Luan Goldsmith, the bride's maternal uncle and his ex-wife
- * Tallulah Goldsmith, the bride's first cousin
- Richard Middleton, the bride's paternal uncle
- * Adam Middleton, the bride's first cousin
- Simon Middleton, the bride's paternal uncle
- Nicholas Middleton, the bride's paternal uncle
- * Anne Gabriella Middleton, the bride's first cousin
- * Lucy Middleton, the bride's first cousin
- Matita Glassborow the bride's first cousin, once removed; great great-niece of Dame Ellen Terry
- Dr Penny Barton, the bride's first cousin, once removed
- David Middleton
- Elizabeth Middleton
- Timothy Middleton
- John Middleton
- Jean Harrison
- Stephen Lupton
Foreign royalty
Members of reigning royal families
- The Duke and Duchess of Brabant The Duke is Prince William's fourth cousin through Christian IX of Denmark
- The King of Bhutan
- The Sultan and Queen of Brunei
- Sheikh Ahmad Hmoud Al-Sabah
- Prince Seeiso and Princess Mabereng of Lesotho
- The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg The Grand Duke is Prince William's fourth cousin through Christian IX of Denmark
- The King and Queen of Malaysia
- The Prince of Monaco and fiancée Charlene Wittstock
- Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco
- The Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands The Prince is Prince William's fifth cousin once removed through Paul I of Russia
- Prince Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of Oman
- The Emir of Qatar and Sheika Mozah
- Prince Mohamed bin Nawaf and his wife Princess Fadwa of Saudi Arabia
- The King of Swaziland
- The Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand
- The King of Tonga
- The Crown Prince of Dubai
- The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
Members of non-reigning royal families
- King Simeon II and Queen Margarita of the Bulgarians, the King and Prince William are four times fourth cousins three times removed, sharing Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld as their common ancestor
- Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, the Groom's second cousin once removed
Commonwealth
- Sir Patrick Allen ON GCMG CD
- Sir Frederick Ballantyne GCMG and Lady Ballantyne
- Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO and Michael Bryce AM AE
- Sir Arthur Foulkes GCMG and Lady Foulkes
- Sir Clifford Husbands GCMG KA QC
- David Johnston and Sharon Johnston PhD
- Sir Frank Kabui GCMG CSI OBE and Lady Kabui
- Dame Pearlette Louisy GCMG
- Sir Michael Ogio GCMG CBE and Lady Ogio
- Sir Anand Satyanand GNZM QSO and Lady Satyanand
- Sir Cuthbert Sebastian GCMG OBE
- Dame Louise Lake-Tack GCMG DStJ
- Sir Colville Young GCMG MBE and Lady Young
- David Cameron and Samantha Cameron
- Julia Gillard with her partner Tim Mathieson
- Ralph Gonsalves and Eloise Gonsalves
- Hubert Ingraham and Delores Miller
- John Key and Bronagh Key
- Stephenson King and Rosella Nestor
- Freundel Stuart
Politicians and diplomats
- Keiichi Hayashi
- Bernard Émié
- Ja Song-nam
- Nalin Surie
- Ron Prosor
- Wajid Shamsul Hasan
- Louis Susman
- Barbara Tuge-Erecinska
Delegates from the British Overseas Territories
- McKeeva Bush OBE and Kerry Bush
- Peter Caruana QC and Cristina Caruana
- Paula Cox and Germain Nkeuleu
- John Cranfield and Vilma Cranfield
- Sharon Halford and Rodney Halford
- Reuben Meade and the Revd Dr Joan Delsol Meade
- Ralph T. O'Neal OBE and the Revd Edris O'Neal
- The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Michael Bear and Barbara Bear
- Richard Benyon and Zoe Benyon
- John Bercow and Sally Bercow
- Kenneth Clarke PC, QC and Gillian Clarke
- Nick Clegg and Miriam Clegg
- Lord Elis-Thomas and Lady Elis-Thomas
- Alex Fergusson and Merryn Fergusson
- Simon Fraser CMG with his wife
- William Hague and Ffion Hague
- Alderman William Hay and his wife Ffion Jenkins
- Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman GBE, PC and Martin Hayman
- Jeremy Hunt PC and Lucia Chen
- The Lord Hurd of Westwell
- Boris Johnson and Marina Wheeler
- Carwyn Jones and Lisa Jones
- Sir John Major KG CH PC and Dame Norma Major DBE
- Theresa May and Philip May
- Ed Miliband and Justine Thornton
- Sir Gus O'Donnell KCB and Lady O'Donnell
- George Osborne and his wife Frances Osborne
- Peter Robinson
- Alex Salmond and Moira Salmond
- The Lord Mayor of Westminster, Judith Warner with Count Paolo Filo della Torre
British armed forces
- Major Tom Archer-Burton
- Major William Bartle-Jones
- Lance-Corporal Martyn Compton
- Rear Admiral Ian Corder
- Major-General William Cubitt and Lucy Cubitt
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton and Lady Dalton
- Holly Dyer
- Captain Mark Hayhurst and his fiancée, Elizabeth Sebag-Montefiore
- General Sir Nicholas Houghton and Lady Houghton
- Captain Harry Legge-Bourke, Welsh Guards officer and Iona Legge-Bourke, as well as his mother, Dame Elizabeth Shân Legge-Bourke
- Air Vice Marshal David Murray with his wife
- General Sir David Richards and Lady Richards
- Susie Roberts
- Brigadier Edward Smyth-Osbourne
- Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope and Lady Stanhope
- General Sir Peter Wall and Lady Wall
- Bryn and Emma Parry
- Wing Commander Kevin Marsh
- Squadron Leader Craig Finch
- Members of C Flight, No. 22 Squadron, including Wing Commander Steven Bentley, Wing Commander Iain Wright, Squadron Leader Paul Bolton, Squadron Leader David Taylor, Flight Lieutenant Thomas Bunn, Flight Lieutenant Al Conner, Sergeant Keith Best, with wives.
Religious figures
- Aga Khan IV
- Rabbi Anthony Bayfield
- Anil Bhanot
- Seán Cardinal Brady
- Avinash Patra
- David Chillingworth
- John Christie
- Malcolm Deboo
- Archbishop
- Norman Hamilton
- Alan Harper
- Gareth Morgan Jones
- Monsignor Philip Kerr
- Commissioner Elizabeth Matear
- Barry Morgan
- Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor
- Vincent Nichols
- Keith Cardinal O'Brien
- Rabbi Alan Plancey
- Imam Mohammad Raza
- Chief Rabbi The Lord Sacks
- Bogoda Seelawimala Nayaka Thera
- John Sentamu and Margaret Sentamu
- Maulana Syed Raza Shabbarm
- Natubhai Shah
- Indarjit Singh
- Canon Christopher Tuckwell
- Rev. Martin Turner
- Rowan Williams
Friends of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
- Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
- Helen Asprey
- Oliver Baker
- Emily Bevan
- Sir Francis Paxton & Lady Allegra Paxton
- Tim Billington
- Olivia Bleasdale
- Fergus Boyd and wife, Rosie
- Tom Bradby and Claudia Bradby
- Sir Richard Branson and Lady Branson, and their daughter, Dr Holly Branson.
- * Sam Branson was not invited, although his parents and sister did attend.
- Amanda Bush
- Sir Henry Cheape
- Alasdair Coutts-Wood
- Jessica 'Jecca' Craig
- Edward and Lady Tamara van Cutsem
- Hugh and Rose van Cutsem
- Major Nicholas van Cutsem and wife, Alice
- William van Cutsem
- Bryony Daniels
- Chelsy Davy
- Davina Duckworth-Chad with her husband, Tom Barber
- David Dugmore and Roger Dugmore
- Rupert Finch and Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs
- Ben Fogle and his wife, Marina Fogle
- Alicia Fox-Pitt
- Virginia Fraser
- Astrid Harbord
- Oliver Hicks, and his parents, Charles and Virginia Hicks
- Olivia Hunt, and her parents
- David Jardine-Paterson and Emilia d'Erlanger
- James Jardine-Paterson
- Arthur Landon, with his mother, Katalina Landon
- Tiggy Legge-Bourke and Charles Pettifer
- Captain Jack Mann
- Lady Laura Marsham, daughter of the 8th Earl of Romney, with her brother, Hon. Michael Marsham
- Willem Marx
- Harry Meade and Rosie Meade, along with his brother James, sister Lucy and their parents, Olympic gold medallist Richard Meade and Angela Meade
- Natalie Milbank and Edward Milbank
- Drummond Money-Coutts
- Torquil Montague-Johnstone and Irena Montague-Johnstone
- Jake Mulley
- James Murray Wells
- Arabella Musgrave
- Hinesh Parmar
- Guy Pelly, with his parents, John Pelly and Vanda Pelly
- Earl Percy, Lord Max Percy, Lady Melissa Percy, and Lady Catherine Valentine
- Shriman Maharaj Sahib Shri Raghav Raj Singh Shisodia, 8th Maharaj Sahib of Shivrati and his wife Shailja
- Daniel Snow and Lady Edwina Snow
- Thomas van Straubenzee
- Luke and Mark Tomlinson with fiancée, Laura Bechtolsheimer
- Ben Vestey, his wife Chloe and his sister Tamara
- Sam Waley-Cohen with his fiancée, Annabel Ballin, and his parents, Robert and Felicity Waley-Cohen
- John and Lady Carolyn Warren
- Susanna and Jake Warren
- Sir Eric and Lady Anderson, Former Provost of Eton and Charles's teacher at Gordonstoun; Sir Eric advised Prince William on his gap year.
Celebrities and other notable guests
- Gregory Allen
- Brian Alexander
- Joseph Allbritton
- Rowan Atkinson and wife, Sunetra
- David and Victoria Beckham
- Sir Trevor Brooking
- The Viscount Bridport
- Sir Yogendra Pasupalati
- Butrint R Gashi
- Basil Charles
- Manuel Colonques
- The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire
- * The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, friends of the Royal Family
- Marquess Vittorio Frescobaldi
- Andrew Gailey
- Rear Admiral Sir Donald Gosling with Gabriella Di Nora
- Edward Gould
- Amy Huberman
- Sir Elton John and David Furnish
- Count Tibor Kálnoky
- Timur Kuanyshev and Alfiya Kuanysheva
- Sir John Madejski
- Hugh Morrison, and Mary Morrison
- Philippa Naylor
- The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, old family friends
- *Lady Catherine Valentine
- *Earl Percy and his siblings, as old family friends
- *Lady Melissa Percy
- *Lord Max Percy
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
- Pedro Pesudo
- Juergen Pierburg
- The Lord Petre
- Roger Pritchard
- Guy Ritchie with Jacqui Ainsley
- Lily Safra
- Richard Schaffer
- Lucia Santa Cruz
- Joss Stone
- Mario Testino
- Ian Thorpe
- Matthew Vaughn
- Martyn Williams
- Sir Clive and Lady Woodward
- Jon Zammett
- The Duke and Duchess of Westminster
Maid of Honour and Bridesmaids, Best Man and Page Boys
Maid of Honour and Best man
- Philippa "Pippa" Middleton, the Maid of Honour
- Prince Harry, the Best man
Bridesmaids and Page Boys
- Lady Louise Windsor, aged 7 – daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex
- The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones, aged 8 – daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Linley
- Grace van Cutsem, aged 3 – goddaughter of Prince William and daughter of Hugh Ralph van Cutsem and his wife, Rose van Cutsem
- Eliza Lopes, aged 3 – daughter of Harry Lopes and Laura Lopes, and granddaughter of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- William Lowther-Pinkerton, aged 10 – son of Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton and his wife, Susannah Lowther-Pinkerton
- Thomas Pettifer, aged 8 – godson of Prince William and son of Charles Pettifer and Tiggy Legge-Bourke
Notable people who declined their invitations
- Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper – the wedding day was three days before the Canadian federal elections.
- Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare and Lady Somare – Michael Somare was recovering from surgery.
- The Baroness Thatcher – declined due to ill health.
- The King and Queen of Jordan – declined due to the protests in their country.
- The Queen of the Netherlands – declined due to her nation's observance of Queen's Day, which is the day after.
- The King of the Belgians and Queen Paola – because of the beatification ceremony for Pope John Paul II
- The King of Spain – could not attend as he was recovering from surgery; was represented by his wife.
- The King of Sweden – declined due to his own birthday celebrations which took place the day after.
- The King of Cambodia
- The Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein – because of the beatification ceremony for Pope John Paul II.
- The Crown Prince of Bahrain – declined due to the ensuing protests in that country.
- The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japan – declined due to the earthquake and tsunami that devastated their country.
- Dean Barrow
- Richie McCaw – declined due to commitments to his Super Rugby club, the Crusaders.
- Brian O'Driscoll – declined due to commitments to his club team, Leinster, who were to play a Heineken Cup semi-final against Toulouse the day after the wedding.
- The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk – declined due to the announcement of their separation.
Invitation withdrawn
- Sami Khiyami