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International dignitaries, political figures, and royals are anticipated for Queen Elizabeth II’s burial.
The funeral for Queen Elizabeth will be held at Westminster Abbey on Monday, September 19, at 11 a.m. U.K. time, according to a statement from Buckingham Palace earlier this week.
Everything we now know is ahead.
Who is going from the Commonwealth?
Several Commonwealth leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and Jamaican Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen, are reportedly attending on Monday according to People. Liz Truss, the recently elected British prime minister, will also be present.
Which American presidents will be there?
Both First Lady Jill Biden and President Joe Biden are anticipated to attend the burial.
It’s doubtful that any previous presidents will show up. According to a story from USA Today, former president Jimmy Carter was not invited, and representatives for Barack Obama, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton declined to comment.
Who among the royals will attend?
The British royal family, which includes King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Prince Harry, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will undoubtedly be present during the funeral for the monarch.
Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, Emperor Naruhito of Japan, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, King Harald V of Norway, and Queen Margrethe of Denmark are among the other royals who are rumored to be attending, according to People.
Who else?
Presidents Andrzej Duda of Poland, Alexander Van der Bellen of Austria, and Gitanas Nauseda of Lithuania are among the confirmed visitors from outside of Europe.
Presidents Tayyip Erdoan of Turkey, Isaac Herzog of Israel, Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka, Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea, and Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil are among the other world leaders in attendance.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, and a delegate of Russia or Belarus, according to The Times, will not attend due to the ongoing Ukrainian-Russian war.
