Princess Di’s family to occupy front row at Wills-Kate wedding
April 24th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 24 (ANI): The Spencers, the family of the late Princess Diana, will occupy front row seats during the April 29 wedding of Prince William and Katherine Middleton.
They will sit along side the other members of the royal family and the Middletons, the Daily Express reports.Princess Diana’s sisters Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale and her brother Charles, Earl Spencer, will be seated on the front row opposite foreign royals, according to a seating plan released yesterday by Clarence House.
Charles Spencer’s last public appearance at Westminster Abbey was when he delivered the eulogy at Diana’s funeral which turned out to be a rebuke of the Royal Family’s treatment of his sister.Only the couple’s nearest and dearest will witness the wedding ceremony close-up.
The others will rely on video screens to watch the event.The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry will be on the front row closest to the Sanctuary, where William and Kate will exchange vows.Kate’s parents Michael and Carole Middleton and brother James will sit directly opposite the Queen and other senior Royals.
The next best seats will go to the Spencer family and foreign royals including the Sultan of Brunei, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Albert of Monaco.
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, and his wife Samantha, his deputy Nick Clegg and wife Miriam and Labour leader Ed Miliband and his fiancée Justine Thornton will sit on the same side as the Royal Family alongside the defence chiefs.Opposite will be representatives from all faiths, including the Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Imam Mohammad Raza and Chief Rabbi, Lord Sacks.
William and Kate’s closest friends have also been given priority and will be seated behind the Middleton family by the North Door.Service personnel also feature heavily on the guest list. (ANI)
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