The full list of confirmed guests and the seating plan for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was released by the British monarchy Saturday. Many of the nearly 1,900 invitees had already been confirmed in the media weeks ago,including soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria,musician Elton John and director Guy Ritchie. But others,like soul singer Joss Stone and Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson _ a close friend of William's father Prince Charles _ were new. The seating plan for the April 29 ceremony at Westminster Abbey revealed the select few who will witness the ceremony up close. About 1,000 people will sit in the section of the abbey where views of the altar are restricted. Queen Elizabeth II and other royal family members will sit in the front row across the aisle from the Middleton family. They will be closest to the abbey's sanctuary,where William and his bride will stand. The Middletons will sit with the couple's friends and Princess Diana's Spencer family. Royal family members from countries including Bahrain,Denmark,Spain and Morocco will be in attendance. Other guests include British government and defense officials,British soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and people who work for William's charities. Palace officials said that only crowned heads of states are traditionally invited to royal weddings,and that political leaders who are not from the 54-member Commonwealth of nations,such as President Barack Obama or French President Nicolas Sarkozy,weren't sent invitations. A brief look at guests attending the April 29 royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London. ___ FOREIGN ROYALS Belgium's Crown Prince Philippe and his wife Princess Mathilde Denmark's Queen Margrethe Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja Serbia's Crown Prince Alexander and his wife,Crown Princess Katherine Spain's Queen Sofia Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and her husband,Prince Daniel The Netherlands' Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancee Charlene Wittstock Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain Prince Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife,Princess Saskia. CELEBRITIES David and Victoria Beckham Elton John and his partner,David Furnish Comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson Filmmaker Guy Ritchie Soul singer Joss Stone ___ POLITICIANS and DIPLOMATS British Prime Minister David Cameron British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband British Virgin Islands Prime Minister Ralph T. O'Neal American Ambassador Louis Susman Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham and Gov. Gen. Arthur Foulkes German Ambassador Georg Boomgaarden Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor Jamaican Gov. Gen. Patrick Allen Polish Ambassador Barbara Tuge-Ereciska ___ RELIGIOUS FIGURES Britain's Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala,director of the London Buddhist Vihara monastery ___ FRIENDS All 27 members of Prince William's search-and-rescue unit,C Flight 22,have been invited along with their partners.
