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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The RSVP cards are coming in

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla will take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey. Since the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902, foreign sovereigns have not been invited to the Coronation.  They would be represented by the heir to the throne or another member of their family.  

King Charles decided to dispense with this tradition and invite his fellow sovereigns.  Here is the list so far of the foreign royals who have confirmed their attendance:



Belgium:  The King and Queen 

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Denmark:  The Crown Prince and Crown Princess (Queen Margrethe II is recovering from back surgery.) 

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Greece:  Queen Anne Marie, Crown Prince Pavlos, and Crown Princess Marie Chantal

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Japan:  The Crown Prince and Crown Princess

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 Luxembourg:  The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

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 Monaco:    The Prince and Princess 

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The Netherlands:  The King and Queen.   (Princess Beatrix & the Princess of Orange will attend the reception at Buckingham Palace on May 5.) 

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Norway:  The Crown Prince and Crown Princess 

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Romania:   Margareta, Custodian of the Crown and Prince Radu

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Serbia:  Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine 

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Spain:  The King and Queen

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Sweden:  The King and the Crown Princess

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The Greek and Serbian royals are family members of former ruling families and would not have been bound by the no sovereign rule.

This is how I think the guest list would have looked if Charles continued the tradition:

Belgium: The Duchess of Brabant

Denmark:  the Crown Prince and Crown Princess

Japan:  The Crown Prince and Crown Princess

Luxembourg:   The Hereditary Grand Duke and Hereditary Grand Duchess

Liechtenstein:  the Hereditary Prince and Hereditary Princess

Monaco:  the Princess of Hanover

Netherlands: the Princess of Orange

Norway:  the Crown Prince and Crown Princess

Spain:  Infanta Elena of Spain.   (The Princess of Asturias is still a minor)

Sweden:  Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel


5 comments:

  1. The only country that I didn’t understand the chosen representatives is that of Sweden. The King is going to be accompanied by his daughter instead of his wife and the Crown Princess’s husband is staying home as well. I hope that both are well. I know Prince Daniel has kidney issues that are seldom discussed but Queen Silva has always appeared remarkably well.

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  2. Marlene,
    Isn’t it time there was a state visit to the UK by the Belgians?
    Correct me if I am wrong,but I think the last state visit was by King Baudoin in 1963.
    Because King Albert never was accorded a state visit,he wasn’t given the order of the Garter.

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  3. Perhaps the King felt it would be important for the Crown Princess to accompany him

    Yes, the last Belgian state visit to the UK was in 1963. It is up to the UK government to extend an invitation for a state visit. Three years later, the Queen paid a state visit to Belgium. I think we will see far fewer state visits

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  4. I wonder if the Duke of Braganza received an invite.

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