LONDON - Queen Elizabeth's state funeral will take place in London on Monday and host of world leaders, royalty and other dignitaries will attend.
The following are some of the expected attendees, and the countries that were not invited:
ROYAL ATTENDEES
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
Juan Carlos, former king of Spain, his wife Queen Sofia
King Philip and Queen Mathilde of Belgium
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden
King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway
King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah
Jordan's King Abdullah
Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki bin Mohammed Al Saud
King of Lesotho, Letsie III
Hereditary Prince Alois of Lichtenstein
Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henri
Malaysian Sultan Abdullah of Pahang
Prince of Monaco, Albert II
Crown Prince of Morocco, Moulay Hassan
Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq al - Said
Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani
President of UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
King of Tonga, Tupou VI
NATIONAL LEADERS
AMERICAS
Joe Biden and Jill Biden, President and first lady of the United States
Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil
Paula - Mae Weekes, President of Trinidad and Tobago
Sandra Mason, President of Barbados
Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica
Froyla Tzalam, Governor General of Belize
Susan Dougan, Governor General of St Vincent and the Grenadines
EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST
Emmanuel Macron, President of France
Frank - Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany
Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy
Michael D Higgins, President of Ireland
Micheal Martin, Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal
Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
Klaus Johannis, President of Romania
Katalin Novak, President of Hungary
Andrej Duda, President of Poland
Egils Levits, President of Latvia
Gitanas Nauseda, President of Lithuania
Sauli Niinisto, President of Finland
Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of Greece
George Vella, President of Malta
Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vetican foreign minister
Charles Michel, President of the European Council
Ursula von der Leyen, President of European Commission
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO.
Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt
Isaac Herzog, President of Israel
Mohammed Shtayyeh, Palestinian Prime Minister
AFRICA
Cyril Ramaphoso, President of South Africa
Yemi Osinbajo, Vice president of Nigeria
Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
William Ruto, President of Kenya
Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
Ali Bongo, President of Gabon
General Abdel Fattah al - Burhan, Sudan's military leader.
Christophe Mbosco N'kodia, National Assembly president, Democratic Republic of Congo
Macky Sall, President of Senegal
ASIA/PACIFIC
Droupadi Murmu, President of India
Wang Qishan, Vice President of China
Shehbaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan
Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka
Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Jacinda Arden, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia
Yoon Suk-yeol, President of South Korea
Halimah Yacob, President of Jingapore
Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji
James Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
Kausea Natano, Prime Minister of Tuvalu
Mark Brown, Prime Minister of Cook Islands
Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aleto' a Sualauvi II, Head of State, Samoa
David Vunagi, Governor - General, Salmon Islands
COUNTRIES NOT INVITED
Britain has invited heads of state or a representative at an ambassadorial level from any country with which it has full diplomatic relations.
Countries that have not been invited include Syria and Venezuela because London does not have normal diplomatic relations with those states. Britain has also not invited representatives from Russia, Belarus or Myanmar after it imposed economic on those countries.
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