Close to 1,900 guests have been invited to Westminster Abbey on Friday, April 29 and more than half will be friends of Prince William and Kate Middleton

The Queen has personally invited 40 crowned heads from around the world, including the King of Jordan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, the Sultan of Oman, the King of Bahrain, the Sultan of Brunei and the King of Saudi Arabia as well as the Emperor of Japan, the King of Malaysia, the King of Tonga and the King of Thailand