500 dignitaries and heads of state are expected to attend Monday’s historic event, most countries around the world have been invited to send their head of state, but the presence of controversial figures has already sparked rumors of protests. Six countries were not invited, three countries can only send an ambassador
Invitations to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, who died last Thursday, were not sent to Syria, Venezuela or Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Most countries around the world were invited to send their head of state, but Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and representatives from the Taliban were all left off the guest list.
These three countries join Russia, Belarus and Myanmar on the list of countries that were not asked to send a representative, North Korea and Nicaragua were only invited at the embassy level, joining Iran in this category. This is reported by the ‘Daily Mail’. Invitations are sent to most countries with which the UK has diplomatic relations. Britain has no diplomatic relations with Syria or Venezuela, while the political situation in Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power a year ago means no representative has been invited from Kabul.
No representatives from Syria, Venezuela or Afghanistan are invited to Queen’s funeral https://t.co/4x5iF6mAvK
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) September 14, 2022
The presence of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan in London may provoke protests that will increase if they are invited to Britain, also Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum from Dubai, do not go down well with many people, due to rights violations A person.
While most countries can send their leader or representative plus a guest, countries that are part of the British Commonwealth, where the Queen was effectively head of state, get extra representation. They can send a prime minister plus a guest, governors-general plus a guest and the high commissioner. They are also allowed to bring 10 ordinary citizens – the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albany, has already said that his country’s representatives were invited by Buckingham Palace for their “extraordinary contributions to their communities”.