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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m very surprised former US presidents won’t attend. I’m guessing that is all because of Trump.

But they will allow military dress for William and Edward, and not for Andrew and Harry, in a departure from the “morning suits” compromise of Philip’s funeral. [/quote]
I’d imagine space is at a premium. If they invited past US presidents then they’d have to do the same for other countries too. [/quote]

The Abbey seats over 2,000 people. [/quote]

That's a pretty small number. For reference, the BBC says the invitees include "members of her family, senior UK politicians and heads of state from across the world, and representatives from the charities she supported."

The Queen could easily fill 600 of those seats just with representatives of her charities. Then there are 650 members in the House of Commons and about 760 or so in the House of Lords. That's your 2,000. Obvs, not all of those people will be invited, but you can see why they would minimize the number of international guests when they can only accommodate a small portion of their own dignitaries.

This really has nothing to do with Trump, though I'm sure it's a fringe benefit to not have to consider him. And, FYI, the way it would work - had they invited more Americans than Biden - would be that they would have invited Biden and a small delegation of his choosing. You think Biden would have invited Trump to be part of the delegation?

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