Some 2,000 guests will join King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla and senior members of the Royal Family at Westminster Abbey on May 6 for the coronation.
These will include representatives of countries across the world – with politicians from Australia to Cyprus and Pakistan to Italy accepting a highly-prized invitation.
The latest world leader to reveal he will attend is France‘s President Emmanual Macron who said he wants to show his ‘friendship, respect and esteem’ for the UK.
Some are making the most of their trip, with Japan’s Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko expected to stay at Claridge’s in Mayfair for three days.
But others will have more of a fleeting visit, with King Felipe of Spain planning to fly to Seville after the ceremony for the Copa del Rey football final that evening.
Here, MailOnline looks at who has confirmed their attendance at the ceremony:
Preparation is well underway, with seating already surrounding Horse Guards Parade in London on Monday
CONFIRMED
AUSTRALIA: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed last month that he had accepted an invitation from King Charles III to attend the coronation with the country’s Governor-General David Hurley. Mr Albanese also met the King last September while in London for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. He said on March 4: ‘It was a great honour for me to have an audience with King Charles. I’ve been invited to his coronation, on the first Saturday in May, I will attend along with the Governor-General, with other guests as well who have been invited by the Palace.’
Charles speaks with Australian PM Anthony Albanese at Buckingham Palace last September
David Hurley, Governor-General of Australia, signs a book of condolence in London last year
BOSNIA AND HERTZGOVINIA: Borjana Krišto, the chair of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was confirmed on March 28 as the country’s official representative at the coronation.
Borjana Kristo, chair of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
CANADA: Governor-General Mary Simon, who is the sovereign’s representative in Canada, will attend the coronation. She previously told The Globe and Mail that she feels ‘privileged’ and ‘excited to be there to represent our country’. It is not known whether Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend, with an update awaited.
Governor-General of Canada Mary Simon, meeting then-Prince Charles in Ottawa in May 2022
CYPRUS: Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides has been invited to attend the coronation, with a source telling the Cyprus News Agency last week: ‘Most probably he will attend.’
Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides, pictured at an EU Summit in Brussels last month
DENMARK: Denmark’s Royal House has confirmed that Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will ‘participate’ in the coronation at Westminster Abbey. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who recently had back surgery, will not attend.
Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik, pictured in New Delhi in February
EUROPEAN UNION: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will attend the coronation, it was confirmed on March 31. This is after the King received her at Windsor Castle on March 3. Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament; and Charles Michel, president of the European Council, will also attend.
The King with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at Windsor in February
Roberta Metsola (left), president of the European Parliament; and Charles Michel (right), president of the European Council
FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that he will attend the coronation, saying that he will make an appearance to show his ‘friendship, respect and esteem’ for the UK. It comes after Mr Macron had to ask the King to cancel the first planned trip of his reign last month over rioting in France due to his pension reforms.
Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron at Cop26 in Glasgow in November 2021
GERMANY: Germany will send president Frank-Walter Steinmeier instead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz – in a similar move to Italy – according to The Times.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (right) and his wife Elke Buedenbender (left) with King Charles III and Camilla in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on March 29
ITALY: Italy has confirmed in its presidential agenda that it be sending president Sergio Mattarella to represent the country, not prime minister Giorgia Meloni.
Charles with Italy President Sergio Mattarella at The Quirinale Palace in Rome in October 2021
JAPAN: Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko of Japan have confirmed their attendance at the coronation, after an announcement last week by the Imperial Household Agency that they will represent Emperor Naruihto. The pair are expected to leave Tokyo two days before the coronation then fly on a government-chartered plane before staying in the five-star hotel Claridge’s in Mayfair for three days.
Crown Prince Fumihito and Princess Kiko of Japan, pictured last November, will both attend
LIECHTENSTEIN: Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie will ‘most probably’ attend the coronation, according to an email sent by the Liechtenstein Palace to the respected royal blogger Gert’s Royals.
Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein and his wife Hereditary Princess Sophie, seen in 2019
LUXEMBOURG: Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg are expected to be at the coronation. Royal blogger Gert’s Royals revealed that the Luxembourg Palace confirmed the duo’s attendance in an email.
Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg at the Queen’s funeral
MONACO: Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco were the first foreign royals to confirm their attendance. Prince Albert told People magazine on January 17: ‘I’m certain that it’s going to be an incredible ceremony and a very moving one. We’ve maintained contact since His Majesty became King, but I haven’t talked to him personally since the Queen’s funeral. I’m certain His Majesty will add his own ‘personal touches’ to the ceremonies, but what those will be, I’m sure I don’t know.’
Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco at the Queen’s funeral last September
NETHERLANDS: King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will attend the coronation ceremony, the Royal House of the Netherlands confirmed in a press release today. Princess Beatrix and Catharina-Amalia, the Princess of Orange, will attend a reception at Buckingham Palace on May 5 on the eve of the coronation.
Queen Elizabeth II meets King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at Windsor in July 2013
NORWAY: Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway will be present at the coronation, according to the country’s official royal diary. King Harald and Queen Sonja, who are both in their 80s, have not been listed as attending.
(From left) Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II before attending a banquet inside Buckingham Palace in London in 2005
PAKISTAN: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the coronation, after confirmation from the foreign ministry in Islamabad which said he was invited by ‘the British government’.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, pictured in Switzerland in January, will attend
PHILIPPINES: President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos have accepted an invitation to attend the coronation Buckingham Palace reception and will attend, the Malacañang Palace confirmed on April 3.
President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza in Manila in June last year
POLAND: During a visit to Poland last month, Prince William said he was looking forward to seeing Polish President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda at his father’s coronation, and thanked them for attending the Queen’s funeral last September.
Prince William meets President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw last month
SPAIN: Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain will be attending the coronation, after this was confirmed on April 11 by the Spanish Royal House to the EFE agency. The King will return to Spain straight after the event for the Copa del Rey final that evening as Real Madrid take on Osasuna in Seville.
Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia attend the funeral for the Queen last September
SWEDEN: The Swedish Royal Court has confirmed in its diary that King Carl XVI Gustaf and his daughter Crown Princess Victoria will attend the coronation.
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf (left) and Crown Princess Victoria (right) in Tokyo in 2019
UNITED STATES: President Joe Biden personally called King Charles III on April 3 to say he would not be attending the coronation, and that First Lady Jill Biden would attend on behalf of the United States. Mr Biden said he looked forward to meeting with Charles in the UK ‘at a future date’. He and his wife jointly attended the Queen’s funeral last year. The King has invited Mr Biden to return for an official state visit.
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the Queen’s funeral last September
NOT YET CONFIRMED
Justin Trudeau (Canada): It is not known whether Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend. A spokesman for his office told the National Post on April 11 that it would provide an update ‘when we have more to share on this matter’. Mr Trudeau attended the Queen’s funeral last September with his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau.
Narendra Modi (India): The Indian prime minister Narendra Modi sent president Droupadi Murmu to attend the Queen’s funeral. Details of the Indian delegation this time are awaited, but it seems most likely that Ms Murmu will attend again.
Xi Jinping (China): The Chinese delegation is not yet known. Last year, China’s vice-president Wang Qishan attended the Queen’s funeral as the special representative of President Xi Jinping. Conservative MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith said in February that the Chinese Government should be banned because of the country’s ‘crimes against humanity’, while crossbench peer Lord Alton said it would send ‘confusing and contradictory signals’ when the Government sees the country as a threat.
Mohammed bin Salman (Saudi Arabia): It is not yet known whether Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will attend the coronation. It had been expected that he would go to the Queen’s funeral, but in the end Saudi Arabia was represented by Prince Turki bin Mohammed al Saud, a minister of state who is the grandson of late King Fahd. Saudi representation this time round will be watched closely six years on from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi insider-turned-critic, that US intelligence says was approved by the crown prince.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left) and China’s Xi Jinping (right) are unconfirmed
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (right) are also both unconfirmed
UNLIKELY TO BE INVITED
Vladimir Putin: Vladimir Putin was the first world leader to congratulate King Charles III after his Accession Ceremony last September, writing in a letter: ‘I wish Your Majesty success, good health and all the best.’ But it would seem inconceivable that the Russian President would be invited to the coronation amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. In addition, in 2014 Charles likened Putin to Adolf Hitler when speaking to a woman who lost relatives in the Nazi Holocaust.
Kim Jong Un: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has almost certainly not been invited to the coronation. But last June, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said that Kim sent a letter congratulating the Queen and the British people on her Platinum Jubilee
Alexander Lukashenko: The authoritarian president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, is very unlikely to have been invited given that he is one of the few international allies of Vladimir Putin.
Bashar al-Assad: The UK does not have diplomatic relations with Syria, and there was no invite sent for the Queen’s funeral – so an invitation this time for its leader Bashar al-Assad seems highly unlikely.
Ali Khamenei: Iranian state-run TV called the Queen ‘one of the greatest criminals in the history of mankind’ and even compared her to Adolf Hitler following her death. The hardline Fars News Agency decried her ‘bloody legacy to humanity’, so there will almost certainly not be a coronation invitation for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
