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23 April,2011 07:44 AM IST |   |  Agencies

King of cambodia snubs royal wedding, hasn't even responded to invite


King of Cambodia snubs royal wedding, hasn't even responded to invite

Prince William and his fianc ufffde Kate have been sensationally snubbed by the King of Cambodia. King Norodom Sihamoni (in pic) has not replied to the couple's wedding invitation. He is the only Royal out of dozens worldwide who has failed to respond. Sihamoni (57), a shaven-headed former ballet dancer and instructor, is not the first Cambodian king to snub a British royal wedding.



In 1963 his dad Sihanouk refused to attend Princess Alexandra's wedding after being told he would not get a guard of honour and could not stay at Windsor Castle. Sihamoni, who took the throne in 2004, lived under house arrest with his dad in the 1970s while the Khmer Rouge regime murdered 1.5 million Cambodians. "The King can not come to the Royal Wedding because he has a very tight schedule," a spokesman said.
"He has another important engagement."

According to The Sun, the guest list includes 388 close friends and associates invited by groom Prince William, 28, and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton. Among them are Posh and Becks, Rowan Atkinson, TV presenter Ben Fogle, rugby supremo Sir Clive Woodward and Lock Stock director Guy Ritchie.

Also listed are 254 relatives and friends of the Middleton familyu00a0-- including Kate's infamous uncle Gary Goldsmith and Reading FC chairman John Madejski. The Queen and Prince Charles have drafted a list of 255 VIPs and aristocratsu00a0-- including 62 foreign Royals (see box) and heads of state.

Royals on the list
CROWN Prince of Abu Dhabi.
THE Aga Khan.
QUEEN Sofia and Crown Prince Felipe of Spain.
CROWN Prince of Bahrain.
KING of Bhutan.
SULTAN of Brunei.
KING and Queen of Bulgaria.
QUEEN of Denmark.
KING and Queen of Greece.
SHEIK Al-Sabah of Kuwait.
PRINCE Seeiso of Lesotho.
GRAND Duke of Luxembourg.
KING and Queen of Malaysia.
PRINCE Albert of Monaco.
PRINCESS Lalla Salma of Morocco.
PRINCE Frisor of Holland.
KING and Queen of Norway.
EMIR of Qatar.
KING and Crown Princess of Romania.
PRINCE bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia.
KING of Swaziland.
PRINCESS Maha of Thailand.
KING Siaosi of Tonga.
CROWN Princess Victoria of Sweden.
CROWN Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia.

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King Cambodia snubs royal wedding