Royal Wedding Invites and Snubs
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Kate Middleton and Prince William at their engagement announcement. The royal wedding will take place on April 29 at Westminster Abbey in London. (Ben Stansall / AFP/Getty Images)
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Invited (rumored): Singer Elton John, a close friend of William’s mother, Diana, the Princess of Wales (John Shearer/Getty Images)
Not Invited: Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York and ex-wife of William’s uncle Prince Andrew. Ferguson’s representatives say she was not expecting an invitation. (Malcolm Taylor/Getty Images)
Not Invited: Paul Burrell, Princess Diana’s former butler, published a telling autobiography of his time with the royal family. (ROSE M. PROUSER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Not Invited: Mohamed Al Fayed, father of Dodi, Princess Diana’s boyfriend who was killed alongside her in a Paris car crash in 1997. (Photo by SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images)
Not Invited: Estibalis Chavez, a Mexican ninteteen-year-old on a hunger strike in London in order to receive an invitation for the wedding. “I have been a fan of Lady Di since I was a little girl,” she told one UK newspaper. (Photo by Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)
A sample royal wedding invitation (Photo by JOHN STILLWELL/AFP/Getty Images)