Who will be at the Queen's funeral (and who won't)

The death of the Queen - the longest-reigning monarch in British history - has not only rocked the nation, but the world. Her state funeral will be one of the largest diplomatic occasions of the century.

Buckingham Palace has confirmed her funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey at 11am on Monday 19 September.

Poignantly, it is the same venue where the Queen married Prince Philip 75 years ago, and just one year ago paid tribute to him there at his memorial service.

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On the day, the large venue - which can hold up to 2,000 people - will be full of family members, world leaders, politicians, monarchs from other countries, public figures and those who worked with the Queen, all paying their last respects.

So, who can we expect to see at the Queen's funeral, and who won't be there?

Family

The Queen's family will of course be there to mourn their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Her four children - King Charles III, the Princess Royal, the Duke of York, and Prince Edward - will be present, as will Camilla, the Queen Consort, and the Countess of Wessex, and the monarch's grandchildren - princes William and Harry, Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall, princesses Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, and Lady Louise Windsor and James, Viscount Severn, will also be present at the ceremony.

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The Duke of Kent, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester - who are the Queen's cousins - are also likely to be there.

Spouses of all close family would be expected to be present too, including Catherine, the Princess of Wales, and the Duchess of Sussex.

Members of Europe's royal families will be attending, too, including Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan; King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands; King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain; Juan Carlos I, former King of Spain, and his wife 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; and King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway.

World leaders

About 500 foreign dignitaries are expected to attend.

Many of the world leaders the Queen met during her long reign will be there.

US President Joe Biden has confirmed he will attend, as will his wife, First Lady Jill Biden.

Westminster Abbey will be so full for the event it will only be possible for a single, senior representative from each country and their partner to attend, according to Foreign Office documents obtained by Politico - which Sky News understands to be correct.

It is therefore unclear whether former US presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and their respective wives Michelle and Melania, all of whom met the Queen, will be in attendance.

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Liz Truss, who is the last UK prime minister to be officially asked to form a government by the Queen, is expected to attend, as well as Labour party leader Sir Keir Starmer.

Irish prime minister Micheal Martin and President Michael D Higgins have confirmed they will be travelling to London for the event, and the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, is also expected to be there.

European leaders confirming their attendance include French President Emmanuel Macron, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Italian President Sergio Mattarella.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said she will be attending.

Other world leaders who say they will be there include New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Australia's Governor-General David Hurley, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

It has been announced that Indian President Droupadi Murmu will be at Westminster Abbey too.

Also there will be Alexander Van der Bellen, president of Austria; Gitanas Nauseda, president of Lithuania; Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan president; Andrzej Duda, president of Poland; Justin Trudeau, Canadian prime minister; Charles Michel, president of the European Council; Egils Levits, president of Latvia; Paula-Mae Weekes, president of Trinidad and Tobago; Mohammad Shtayyeh, Palestinian prime minister; Sauli Niinisto, president of Finland; Katalin Novak, Hungarian president; and Andrew Holness, the prime minister of Jamaica.

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And away from high-profile figures, some of the Queen's closest staff, including her ladies-in-waiting and footmen, will want to be there to say a final goodbye.

And who will not be there

Invites have not been sent to Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, Syria, Venezuela or Afghanistan, while Iran, North Korea and Nicaragua will only be represented at ambassadorial level, according to Whitehall sources.

Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to the King on the news of the Queen's death, but Russia's invasion of Ukraine was always going to make his attendance in London highly unlikely.

Many have also wondered whether any of the Queen's corgis will be at the funeral.

While the formal nature of the event makes that highly unlikely, sadly the "no dog" rule at Westminster Abbey rules it out completely, with dogs not even permitted to walk on the grounds.