The King’s Coronation guest list: a who’s who of every foreign royal attending

Confirmed: King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium

The King and Queen of Belgium enjoy a close relationship with King Charles III and the British Royal Family. Their eldest daughter, Princess Elisabeth, is a History and Politics student at Oxford University.

It comes after King Charles broke with tradition by making room on his coronation guest list for crowned representatives from foreign royal houses. ‘For centuries, convention dictated that no other crowned Royals should be present at the Coronation of a British monarch because the sacred ceremony is intended to be an intimate exchange between the monarch and their people in the presence of God,’ explained the Mail On Sunday. ‘But as part of his plan to bring the ceremony up to date, King Charles has decided to move on from the 900-year-old tradition by inviting his crowned friends, including European royals and rulers from Arab states.’

Because we haven't had a coronation in my lifetime, it should feel special and exciting...but it doesn't. It's only Charles & Camilla, with their increasingly classless, dysfunctional family, and I just don't care.

I wonder if the foreign royals reception will be gala attire with tiaras!!

CROWN PRINCE PAVLOS AND CROWN PRINCESS MARIE-CHANTAL OF GREECE

I had to unfortunately RSVP no. Someone at work got Covid and now I have to be the one spending the entire week at McDonald's telling people that the ice cream machine is broken.

It sucks. My plane ticket was nonrefundable.

The UK tabloids ruined the BRF for me.

Who gives a fuck if the Kardanshiani aren't invited?

[quote]Who gives a fuck if the Kardanshiani aren't invited?

Ohhhh, and you just KNOW that Kris Jenner is probably seething about that. I'm willing to bet that someone at Buckingham Palace got an angry "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!!" phone call.

I like the use of the plural of Kardashian as "Kardashiani" -- they're like a herd of something.

^^Please don't cheapen and ruin this thread by discussing the trash of Calabasas.

This is about a coronation and international royalty and guests--not American famewhores.

I kneel before you, my liege.

[quote] The King and Queen of Belgium enjoy a close relationship with King Charles III and the British Royal Family.

Actually, they don't. They are on good terms with them, but they are not close. The only other royals they are close to are the ones in Luxembourg.

R5 They are the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of nowhere - Greece hasn’t had a royal family in nearly sixty years.

They are royal! And they're invited.

He will never be a real king. He married a divorcee. It’s against the rules. He should have abdicated. Next.

^OK, Aunt Pittypat.

Harry is a bitch punk.

You're all gonna die up there..

R5, why are you shouting?

I didn't see any mention of Queen Latifah or the Duke of Earl.

The Greeks are invited, even without a throne, because they are cousins of Charles.

The Greeks are well-connected among European royalty.

It’s all going to be so fabulous!

What's the best way to watch this glorious pageant if you are in the U.S.?

It will be hilarious to see both Harry and Andrew acting all stern-faced and business-like as if they’re somehow important in the Royal context whatsoever. Harry will get pissy-face from time to time as well, as in ‘nobody, but nobody has had such a rough life as me!’ It will all be must-see TV.

It's more like must miss TV for some of us. The amount of attention these people command is ludicrous.

And yet, r27, here you are.

Is it a wise idea in today's society to get all of these people grouped together in one place??

Interesting that it's only the Crown Prince Fumihito, the younger brother of the emperor, and not the Emperor or Empress themselves.

Believe the Norwegians are the closest relatives to the BRF. QE2 and King Harald were second cousins or something like that.

Actually I like the idea of Charles inviting all these people from Royal families. It gives an historical context to proceedings that is much larger than the coronation itself. These are the descendants of the royals who colonized much of the world. And bringing in the Arabs, and the Commonwealth nations? I hope the Brits have security nailed down. Lots of statements begging to be made.

And BTW: Marie Chantal of Greece at R5, ? You know her family bought their way into royalty. She is one of 3 sisters whose father owned all the foreign duty free, and other stuff. Kind of similar to Salma Hayek's husband. Super rich. Can't remember who her two sisters married. Whatever. Her dress is entirely too long, but I understand why, She is wearing Black shoes with that pale pink formal. Black shoes! Ugh. No sense of style. And Queen Mathilde of the Belgians, looks like a nun from Midieval times. Except in pink. A large pink bat.

Those faux Greek "royals" are so fucking embarrassing. Are they unaware their monarchy was abolished decades ago?

What about Speed Queen and Queen For a Day?

What about Burger King?

[quote]Those faux Greek "royals" are so fucking embarrassing. Are they unaware their monarchy was abolished decades ago?

Ours was abolished 250 years ago, but look at how many Americans obsess over this shit.

R35 Charles was offered the Burger King crown, but alas, he turned it down. It was a very public rejection.

Marie Chantal and her fug daughter bought their way into nothing. Greece doesn't have a royal family.

Nah r36, that was because of Diana not that horror family. William is loved as is his family because of people's love for Diana.

OK. I snatched this paragraph from her Wiki page. Both her sisters married rich guys. Alexander von Furstenberg, and one of the Gettys. Both divorced thos husbands. Her father is an American born Birtish businessman.

"Marie-Chantal Miller was born in London, England, to Robert Warren Miller, an American-born British businessman, and his wife María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra, an Ecuadorian.[1][2] She has an older sister, Pia, ex-wife of Christopher Getty, and a younger sister, Alexandra, ex-wife of Prince Alexander von Fürstenberg.[3] She was baptized in the Catholic faith at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City by the Archbishop of New York, John Cardinal O'Connor, with Princess Donatella Missikoff Flick serving as her godmother.[4]

Marie-Chantal was raised in Hong Kong where she attended The Peak School until she was 9 years old when she went to board at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland. In 1982 she transferred to the Ecole Active Bilingue in Paris until her senior year which she took at The Masters School in New York.[citation needed] After graduating she attended the Academy of Arts for one year. She began a degree in History of Art at New York University in 1993 but dropped out a year later after Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, proposed to her on a skiing holiday in Gstaad, Switzerland, at Christmas."

How about that fat girl?

When the Plantagenet arrives from Australia and walks into Westminster Abbey, a secret strike force will remove Charles and all of these awful pretenders to the throne, and they'll be thrown in the tower. The Earl of Loudoun will then be crowned King.

[quote] “Therefore, as a direct descendant of George Plantagenet, Simon Abney-Hastings had the right to inherit the throne of England.”

Long live King Simon!

Will the Romanovs or the Hohenzollerns be represented?

And what of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine?

And will His Holiness the Pope be represented?

I imagine Franz von Bayern has not received an invitation. I shall be raising my glass to the King over the water!

I would hope the King of Hawai'i, Quentin Kawānanakoa, got an invite.

[quote]And yet, [R27], here you are

Yes. Commenting on Datalounge. Just like you, hon.

No royals from shithole whoreland Thailand?

But R27 wouldn't miss out on commenting about a must miss event! OCD much?

[quote] And will His Holiness the Pope be represented?

I imagine the nuncio or the archbishop of Westminster will be present. There used to be a papal coronation but that hasn’t occurred since the 1960s when Paul VI received his galactic space age tiara.

Marie-Chantal and her sisters were It Girls for a time in the ‘90s—constantly in Vogue, Vanity Fair, W, etc. I do remember some letters to the editor of the magazines pointing out that the Greek royal family had been deposed and they shouldn’t refer to Marie-Chantal as “of Greece.”

R44 King Charles and his siblings are 2nd cousins, once removed, of the five Romanov kids who were assassinated in 2018, maybe that could count as representation.

I believe the official titles of Pavlos and Marie-Chantal are "Prince/Princess of Greece and Denmark." Denmark is probably the only country that recognizes the titles.

Marie-Chantal's father invented duty-free shopping and is a self-made billionaire. He grew up in modest circumstances in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Not sure why Pavlos and Marie's 5 kids needed to be Princes and a Princess. How many generations will receive these titles?

For those above pointing out why Prince Pavlos and wife are invited to the Coronation - I wasn’t querying their credentials, merely pointing out that they have no right to describe themselves as Prince and Princess of Greece, which abolished the monarchy in the Sixties.

The Greek Head of State is President Katerina Sakellaropulou. It would be interesting to see the protocol if both Pavlos and the President both showed up at the same state event.

The “of Greece and Denmark” style comes from the original King of Greece who began life as a Danish prince and as such all his royal descendants were Prince/ss “of Greece and Denmark”. The widow of the recently deceased former King of Greece was born a Princess of Denmark before marrying her cousin, the former King. Maybe the Queen of Denmark could confer Danish titles on the pretend Greeks who could drop the Greek titles altogether. Although considering that Queen Margarethe has been busy stripping princely titles from her grandchildren this seems unlikely.

I do know that at least the former Queen of Greece travels on a Danish passport on which she is called “Queen Ann-Marie”. No geographical name at all.

[quote] I wasn’t querying their credentials, merely pointing out that they have no right to describe themselves as Prince and Princess of Greece, which abolished the monarchy in the Sixties.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'have no right." It has been the tradition in Europe for literally centuries that people who have aristocratic titles or royal titles use them even if the systems that empowered them were abolished. All of the aristocrats in Proust, for example, do not actually hold these titles in a democratic republic (which is where they take place), but they use the titles anyway.

Wasn't Prince Philip, The Queen's hunkasaurus husband, originally a Greek something or other?

I am SO going to watch! I want to see Charles look miserable, Camilla look like someone's hitting her in the face with a wet halibut and Harry turning purple with suppressed rage when the Queen's crown is placed on Camilla's head.

Both the late Queen and her late husband were related to the former Greek Royal Family. Philip was born a prince of Greece and Denmark and HLM’s uncle the Duke of Kent was married to Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. So Charles is related on both sides to the former Greek Royal Family.

I was big into fashion in the 90s and don't remember Marie Chantal or her sister at all.

Tradition by desperate pretentious Eurotrash you mean r53. Everyone else just laughs.

Wah waaaaaah

R57 Marie-Chantal and her two sisters were more famous for bring their dowries to marriages to names such as Getty, von Furstenberg and “Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg” (the latter being the surname of the former Greek Royal Family”.

The late twentieth century equivalent of the “Dollar Duchesses”.

Hunny, Camilla is going to have to restrain herself from dancing in the Abbey! She may look a bit hung over, but she will be ten feet off the ground. This is IT for her. Fuckin' Queen of England. All the shit she has endured ( of her own making, but still...) all these years, and now she can look them all in the eye and tell them to fuck off. Harry pisses and moans about the tabloids being mean... SHIT. He's a manbaby. She had the guts to survive and tough it out and now she's top of the world, baby. Charles is happy too. Mummy is finally and forever DEAD. He has waited and waited and done his fucking duty, and now he is the fucking KING. And rich. Damn he has a lot of money. He has enough money to tell the whole world to fuck off. Enough money to buy all the friends he wants. Enough money to keep his crazy family on a fucking leash. Yay me!. They retreated to Balmoral to peacefully contemplate the coronation. Right. They're both prolly plastered on their asses drunk.

Since his father died, isn't Pavlos something like the "Pretender to the Throne of Greece"?

Yep r62. It's just comical.

Trash, all of them!

lol, r61!

And I agree with every funny word you wrote.

I've always liked King Charles going way back to when, in the 70s and 80s, he was way ahead of everybody talking about environmentally sustainable agriculture.

Prince Pavlos of Greece is highly educated, hard-working, well-spoken and intelligent. He is happily married with no scandal surrounding him, his wife or children. Greece would do well to restore the constitutional monarchy with Pavlos as the head. He is a exemplary representative of Greece who speaks the language and is dedicated to Greece and its people.

It's a big PR thing for Chuck, to have all the remaining European royals kiss his ring.

Just a stunt.

The majority of Greeks would appear to disagree with you, R66, according to the polls conducted when the late former King died.

It’s always so funny when people call him “Chuck”!

From what I'm seeing as far as the Coronation guest list, etc. I'd safely bet there will be a lot of private events and receptions, dinners, etc. It's almost like the week before the Oscars when all the wimmin are finalizing their wardrobe.

R69, where were you when I called his mother Betty, for Thirty years?

Late to the Chuckie Cheezer coronation?

As much as I adored Q E II, even I thought the 10 days mourning/funeral was a bit much, although I still watched as much as I could.

I'm surprised at myself that I'm actually much more interested in the Coronation.

After Diana's, Phillip's and Q E II's, I'm Royal funeraled-out.

This Coronation thingy is new to me, and there hasn't been one since before I born.

Bring it all on. The more Over-the-Top, the better.

[quote]Prince Pavlos of Greece is highly educated, hard-working, well-spoken and intelligent. He is happily married with no scandal surrounding him, his wife or children. Greece would do well to restore the constitutional monarchy with Pavlos as the head. He is a exemplary representative of Greece who speaks the language and is dedicated to Greece and its people.

I know plenty of Greek people who fit this description, and none of them are mostly Danish or German or whatever. Why not make one of them king or queen instead of some rando descended from a Nordic family that couldn't keep itself on the throne more than a few decades at a time?

R72, Diana's funeral was 26 years ago. You still haven't recovered?

I get what R72 means, I think. It seems like we usually see the RF at church for a funeral. Yes there are Jubilee events and wedding celebrations, but the funerals seem to dominate . my memories, too.

Exactly, r75.

Some of those people shouldn't be invited due to their country's human rights violations and enactment of Sharia law. Sultan of Brunei, seriously?

R77, the Sultan of Brunei probably gives a substantial "donation" to the Princes Trust, started by Charles decades ago.

R49 Was Pope Paul VI the original Conehead?

[quote]King Charles and his siblings are 2nd cousins, once removed, of the five Romanov kids who were assassinated in 2018, maybe that could count as representation.

2018 you say? It certainly wasn't covered by CNN or Twitter.

I’m still waiting for my invite.

Charles did not invite his close cousin, Lady Pamela (Mountbatten) Hicks to the coronation. The Daily Mail is up-in-arms about it.

I hear the afterparty will be clothing optional. Can anyone confirm?

Nobody has mentioned the biggest and most important queen of all- Elton John.

Well you know the seating at the Abbey is tight. Not a lot of room. So I can see why Fergie and "others" may not have been invited to the ceremony. But Fergie has resurfaced as going to the concert with a seat in the VIP section, so this Pamela Hicks will likely surface at some event. After all she did for Papa Phillip, I am sure Charles and his siblings are grateful. What? Are you suggesting the relationship may have been inappropriate? Oh, my. Now we know how Charles and his Queen feel about that, don't we.

You know, when George V was in failing health, he expressed concern about his successor. He said something like, "Mark my words he'll fuck it all up before I'm in the ground..." or something like that. Now it begs the question whether Phillip or Elizabeth had any such misgivings about Chuck.

[quote] He said something like, "Mark my words he'll fuck it all up before I'm in the ground..." or something like that.

Yes, [italic]something[/italic] like that.

R85 if you’re going to repeat tired gossip, you at least need to get the names right, otherwise you make yourself look like an idiot, and you appear to need no help in this area.

You are referring, presumably, to the wife of the nephew of Lady Pamela Hicks, not to Lady Pamela herself.

[quote] Well you know the seating at the Abbey is tight. Not a lot of room. So I can see why Fergie and "others" may not have been invited to the ceremony.

Maybe the people doing the invites are unaware that Fergie no longer takes up two seats.

R57, I do. They were always in the social sections of fashion magazines or those articles about people who had great style that would be a spread of them in designer clothes and a blurb about how they personally approached fashion. She (Marie) was tan, thin, and had flat ironed white blonde hair. She looked more modern than the dated wedding photo. I think they were trying to make her into a CBK, but I don't think there was enough material because she was not in the public sphere enough.

She and Ann Duong were always featured. As a gayling, I would always wonder who these people were. This is before Google or anything. I had to look them up years later.

Didn't they install magnificent seating inside the Abbey for the Coronation of Betty?

Victoria I of GB was "grandmother" or "mother in-law" of Europe and Christian IV of Denmark was the "grandfather" or "father in-law". Between them their children and grandchildren married into nearly all royal families of Europe at the time. Christian IV's son Prince George became King of Greece.

Then you have this bit:

"According to the Danish Act of Succession, all male-line legitimate descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark are entitled to be called Princes and Princesses of Denmark, with the exception of those who marry without the consent of the Danish monarch. However, it is important to note that while they may have the legal right to use the title, they may choose not to do so in practice. Additionally, the title is not hereditary and must be granted by the monarch."

First time Greece abolished the monarchy King Christian X granted double citizenship to the Greek family members, so they could travel to Denmark (or anywhere else). This is why Constantine II's children and grandchildren are titled Prince and Princess of Greece and Denmark. One assumes this will continue with great-grandchildren and so on.

Furthermore a succession of Greek governments along with a good number of Greeks themselves have called (ok, demanded it you like) for Constantine II (when he was alive) along with his family to cease calling themselves "king" "queen" and princes or princesses of Greece since the country is a republic. Thus far late Constantine et al have basically told them all to go pound salt.

Far as CP Pavlos and his family are concerned they also can tell Greece and Greeks to fuck off ( though they wouldn't). Unlike some other deposed royal families Pavlos is extremely wealthy and so will his children and future generations of heirs.

Greek RF has made huge stink (like Marie-Antoinette did at her trail) about how they don't have a surname. When Greece stripped Constantine II of his passport (which identified him as royal) saying he could have a Greek one but only if he used a surname, HM's response was his family were Danish royals and don't have one. Closest thing would be the family's territorial name "Glucksberg". Constantine II said he might as well then call himself "Constantine Kensington".

Many years ago there was a story in New York Magazine about one of Constantine's sons who lived in SoHo area of NYC (Prince Michael?". Name on apartment intercom simply was "Greece".

As noted above a future king or queen of Denmark could choose not to allow great grandchildren or successive generations of male line derived heirs use of "prince" or "princess" of Denmark. In which case madness would end. Constantine II's grandchildren (IIRC) were all born during his lifetime so there are valid reasons whey they are titled "princes" and "princesses" of Greece in addition to Denmark. HM is now long gone....

CP Pavlos is giving bit of Nicholas II of Russia or George V of GB vibe...

Lady Pamela Hicks didn't score an invite, but isn't bothered a bit.

Hopefully, Meghan will come to her senses and make a surprise appearance.

The children, especially the girl are cheap Eurotrash r66. Thirsty and desperate. Greeks don't even want them living in Greece much less restored.

They’d have a hard time living in Greece since none of Pavlos’s children speak Greek. Nor does his wife.

Weird that Charles want to bring this ceremony more “up to date” by inviting royalty from around the world. Wouldn’t he want to fill the abbey with more of “his people” in that case?

Every major act turned down the Royal invite to perform.

The coronation line up is the British equivalent to Ted Nugent and Scott Baio.

This one's a dud. I'll pass.

I think Pamela Hicks should have been invited. Shame on Chuck. She is the daughter of his beloved Lord Louis Mountbatten And this would have been the 3rd coronation for her. She saw his mother and his grandfather crowned. I think it's shitty and small. I am certain there is someone who's been invited who could have got bumped.

Just to add to the discussion about the Greeks above, King Charles III is Crown Prince Pavlos' godfather. And Pavlos is Prince WIlliam's godfather. And as the video above mentions, Prince William is Alexios' godfather.

R80 Ooops, wrong millennium!

Greece and Denmark is such an odd combination of Northern and Southern European. Greece and Bulgaria or Greece and Albania I could see but the Greeks and the Danes seem very culturally far apart.

Where else were the Greeks supposed to get legit-sounding European royals without a title big enough to keep them on their own estates?

In the meantime, His Imperial & Royal Highness Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michael Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard von Habsburg-Lothringen is jumping up and down on the dumpster at his apartment so he can fit more into it.

Is the Serb Crown prince invited?

R108 The article that OP linked to reports those who are known to be attending (when written) and reports the following:

[quote] Confirmed: Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia. Crown Prince Alexander is head of the House of Karađorđević, the former royal house of the defunct Kingdom of Yugoslavia and its predecessor the Kingdom of Serbia

R102 Lady Pamela is looking frail lately, she was in a wheelchair at the queen’s funeral and didn’t look well. She would probably rather stay at home in a cozy chair and watch the coronation with her feet up. Her rather pushy daughter, India, is probably upset, as she is usually the family member that accompanies her mother to royal events.

I don’t envy coronation guests. It will be a lot of waiting around in a drafty church as non-VIPs have to arrive extremely early due to all the security.

Thank you r109. Alexander is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria.

Will Baron Shaugnessy be in attendance?

R111 QEII was also Alexander's godmother.

Gawd, we have a Lady Pamela Hicks Troll now???

India Hicks is a trash and a shoplifter. I wouldn't be surprised if she's the very reason that Lady Pamela didn't make it onto the guest list, as Buckingham Palace knew that India would be pushing the wheelchair again and then pushing her royal links all over Instagram.

The "Greek" "royals" could take a leap out of Ferdinand Habsburg's book. Enjoy the family wealth and stop pretending you're still a member of a reigning royal house.

"Princess Olympia of Greece" (born in New York over 20 years after a referendum where ~70% of Greeks said No to the monarchy), take note.

As for having no surname, that's rubbish. Lots of surnames are toponyms, related to the place of origin (Ford, Eastwood, Firth). Glücksburg is perfectly acceptable as a surname.

OP - Is that a promo pic for the latest Downton Abbey movie? I canst hardly wait.

Oh, DEAR-ing myself at R115

*India Hicks is trash

**take a leaf out of

William needs to get a scalp transplant. Harry too.

It's funny. Of the two young men, William seems to be aging faster. He looks like a dumpy middle aged man. Harry looks like he's in his 30's, but Wiiliam could easily pass for 48.

Catherine the Great is sending Camilla a horse.

The DM is gushing because William was out shaking hands with Catherine and some fan said she looked great in her outfit, and William said "Catherine always looks stunning!" and they're making a big deal about it. Such bullshit!

You weren't that far into 90s fashion if you are unaware of the Miller girls.

I remember them. Every fucking time one got married it was a thing.

Marie-Chantal's sister still goes by Alexandra von Fürstenberg even though she's been divorced from her first husband for three times as long as she was married to him. Funnily enough, her second husband has the very surname they were all desperate to shed: Miller.

It reminds one of Lady Colin Campbell (separated after nine months, divorced after 14 months, still using his name 48 years later), and that's pretty much the worst thing you can say about someone.

" William seems to be aging faster. He looks like a dumpy middle aged man. Harry looks like he's in his 30's, but Wiiliam could easily pass for 48."

William is very fit and has less body fat than Harry, Harry is getting doughy.

Is Prince Philip's side piece Penny Knatchbull invited to the Coronation? She's a Mountbatten too (through marriage). So civilized the Queen's invited her to his funeral and thanksgiving service.

R126 you should ask R85, who is all over this. Apart from getting basic facts like names and relationships completely wrong, that is.

A well-aimed meteor strike could do the world so much good. Here's hoping!

I think the Queen was very practical and very generous. Once it became clear Phillip could no longer do much, (and this was years before it was publicly acknowledged,) she encouraged him to spend more time away from Royal duties, and have companionship and activities that he enjoyed. The point is Elizabeth had to work. Her duties and obligations were very public, and literally putting Phillip out to pasture with a minder worked out well for everyone.

R129 I wonder if the Queen ever admitted to herself that had she not been the Queen, he would have most likely have married elsewhere? Considering how practical she was, she probably did understand this very well. She adored him though, from first meeting to the end of their lives. I saw a video of him arriving onto the Britannia, after she was hosting a reception, and when she saw him enter the room, her face just lit up with happiness. Her whole demeanor changed. They were both in their 70s at this point.

Everyone acts like Queen Elizabeth was so lucky because Prince Philip was so dishy but he had a hair trigger temper and a default setting of pissed off. In short, his disposition would be hard to take. And the Queen was very nice looking compared to usual Horsey British hens.

Elizabeth would have been a catch in her 20's to any eligible aristocracy bachelor even if she wasn't Royal and was just plain rich; Philip lucked out majorly. He was probably quite aware of this.

Liz had a huge rack and a narrow waist. She could’ve had her pick of suitors.

"Elizabeth would have been a catch in her 20's to any eligible aristocracy bachelor even if she wasn't Royal and was just plain rich"

Absolutely! If her father had never been king, or he'd been some other rando aristo, she'd have been that rarest of aristocratic birds... a female primary heir. As the eldest daughter of a wealthy man who had no sons, she'd have inherited a lot more than the average aristocratic girl, and Philip might have set his sights on her after all!

And I think she had to have been extremely attractive in person, as a young woman. She wasn't as photogenic as a model to be sure, but she had a wonderful complexion, big blue eyes, big boobs, and a tiny waist. So yeah, she'd probably have had MORE suitors if she hadn't been heir to the throne. Every straight man wants an attractive woman with money, very few want to be a monarch's consort.

[quote] Liz had a huge rack and a narrow waist

And Philip loved his motorboarding.

I want to see Harry get off the travel coach or mini bus with the B-D list royals, since the Harkles refused to take a coach for HM's Service of Thanksgiving at the Jubilee and caused a big stink about it. If he refuses the coach this time I am sure he can get his kit on and jog alongside the Daimlers, carriages and jaunty horsies.

Is my cousin Edward Stanley 19th Earl of Derby and his wife Countess Caroline on the list?

Harry and Andrew will both arrive in chauffeured LandRovers or better, and perhaps even together. Coronation Day is not the day to lower the boom on the two dastardly princes. The next few months however, after the crown is firmly and publicly on Charles' head ... well Harry and Andrew better not be surprised by what could likely be coming their way....

True, R138, but the Palace is going to do their damndest to send the troublesome princes to permanent Coventry... in a way that isn't any fun.

Charles wants the public to understand that he isn't taking any shit from those two, but he doesn't want bitches like us to enjoy ourselves too much.

Useless title and all, Prince Alex von Fürstenberg was hot twink. The other Miller sisters got fugs.

Daddy was bi leaning gay and a hot piece himself. For a German.

His hammer will be in a velvet glove.

After this Coronation of CIII, William IV will opt for and inauguration by Parliament, and his will be the way fwd.

[quote]William IV will opt ...

Too late!

R144, is William 4th the Uncle of Victoria we saw in the movie YOung Victoria? James Broadbent played him.

Wow, OP. That guest list is a veritable "who?" and "but why?" of the most irrelevant welfare recipients in Europe!

Yes r144 When Princess Charlotte, only daughter and heiress of George IV died after giving birth (the baby also died) William (next in line) and his brother Edward (second in line) were basically forced to marry and produce heirs. They had a double wedding. William had had several bastards but no surviving children with his wife, Queen Adelaide. Edward had one daughter and died. His daughter became Queen Victoria.

Ahhh, the travails of Silly Billy.

Let's skip BOTH Charles and William move right on to George. .. Anne can be appointed the Regent until he comes of age. .. People generally like-respect her (most popular royal) and seem to yearn for a woman still being in charge.

Ahem.

Anne is not "the most popular royal."

This pomp and circumstance gets increasingly pointless and pathetic as time goes by. The BRF were fascinating for a long time because of the aspirational society they led and the high standards to which they held themselves, both of which are things of the past. Their last event of great importance was the Queen's death, the only one left is the dissolution of the crown and empire.

^ American.

"The most popular royal, according to a recent YouGov poll, is the one and only Princess Anne. The Princess Royal is often referred to as the most hardworking royal and is seen to exemplify that being a 'spare' needn't be a drag."

r153 Newsflash, bitch: regular Brits don't give a fuck about any of this.