Snubbed Cherie 'will watch wedding on TV' - although Guy will go (but who actually invited Mr Ritchie?)

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 11:51 AM on 25th April 2011

Mystery: Why is Guy Ritchie on the list?

There's nothing like a wedding to bring people together. And Friday’s ceremony will certainly do that.
In Westminster Abbey the Royal Family and the Middletons will rub shoulders with heads of state and aristocrats – and some rather more ordinary folk besides. The landlord of Kate Middleton’s local pub and her family postman have made the 1,900-strong guest list.
Celebrities such as the Beckhams and families of military colleagues who died in battle are also invited.
A source said: ‘They wanted it to be as much of a fun, family wedding as possible.’
But there are some mystifying entrants. Guy Ritchie, Madonna’s ex-husband, is described as a ‘friend’. But the Prince’s spokesman couldn’t explain how they knew him...
Here are some highlights:
Celebrities
Sir Elton John: close friend of Princess Diana.
Guy Ritchie: Madonna’s ex-husband.
Rowan Atkinson: Blackadder actor is close friend of Prince Charles.
Joss stone: William was rumoured to have a crush on the soul singer, 24.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson: Close family friendship secured an invite, despite well-publicised drug use.
Stars of sport
David Beckham: His work on England’s 2018 Football World Cup bid scored the ultimate ‘posh’ invite for him and his wife.
Sir Trevor Brooking: Former England player is now director of football at the Football Association, of which William is president.

Sir Clive Woodward: Former coach for the England rugby team is director of elite performance for Olympic team.
Mike Tindall: England rugby player who is engaged to Zara Phillips makes his debut at an official royal event.

On the list: Holly Branson is a childhood friend of William and very friendly with Kate

Gareth Thomas: Wales’s most-capped player and the first openly homosexual rugby star.
Ian Thorpe: Australia’s five-time Olympic gold medalist, nicknamed ‘The Thorpedo’.
Their chums
The Van Cutsem boys: Nicholas, Edward, William and Hugh, identikit, square-jawed, outdoorsy types and childhood friends of the Prince.
Ben Fogle: The TV presenter will be accompanied by his heavily pregnant wife, Marina.
Tom Bradby: ITN political editor and his jewellery designer wife Claudia who worked with Kate when she was at Jigsaw.
Henry Ropner: Financier and former Etonian who used to date Jecca Craig, William’s ex.
Lady Laura Marsham: Daughter of Julian Marsham, 8th Earl of Romley, she is a skiing pal of the couple.

Old flame: William's one-time sweetheart Olivia Hunt is invited

Belle and John Robinson: Owners of Jigsaw who let William and Kate stay at their villa in Mustique and gave Kate her only ‘proper’ job.
Sam Waley-Cohen: A champion amateur jockey who reunited couple after their split in 2007.
Luke and Mark Tomlinson: Phenomenal polo players and childhood pals of William.
Thomas van Straubenzee: Childhood pal who joined William on his inaugural foreign trip to New Zealand in 2005. He is helping Prince Harry with his best man’s speech.
Holly Branson: Daughter of Richard and childhood friend of William. Is very friendly with Kate.
The party animals
Guy Pelly: Party organiser, nightclub owner and never far from William’s side. He will have to face his ex, Susannah Warren, daughter of Queen’s racehorse trainer.
Tom ‘Skippy’ Inskip: Flame-haired Prince Harry lookalike (and his best friend). Last seen on Facebook driving convertible car naked.
Old Marlburians
Emelia d’Erlanger: Close friend of Kate at Marlborough who provided a shoulder to cry on during her brief split from William.
Catriona Lough: Minnie Driver lookalike who dragged her on girlie nights out after the split.
The exes factor
Rupert Finch: Kate’s discreet ex-boyfriend, now dating William’s close friend, Natasha Rufus Isaacs, daughter of Marquess of Reading.
Willem Marx: Kate’s Marlborough College crush who has gone on to become an award winning photojournalist dodging bullets in Iraq.
Jecca Craig: Willowy Kenyan who won William’s heart when he visited her father’s estate on his gap year.
Bella Musgrave: Daughter of Royal polo manager and Kate lookalike who dated William before he went to St Andrew’s.
Rose Farquhar: Daughter of Captain Ian Farquhar, Master of the Beaufort Hunt. She was William’s first serious girlfriend.
Olivia Hunt: First year ‘dalliance’ at St Andrews.
St Andrews posse
Alice Warrender: Lived in neighbouring farmhouse to Kate on the Strathtyrum estate owned by her cousin, Henry Cheape.
Fergus Boyd: ‘Gooseberry’ former flatmate of the couple and Eton contemporary

Sally Bercow: The wife of the Speaker is going as a 'plus one'

The Spencers
Earl Spencer: No formal role for Princess Diana’s brother after his searing speech at her funeral.
Karen Gordon: Soon to become the Earl’s third wife
Lady Sarah McCorquodale : Diana’s eldest sister, who once dated Prince Charles
The Black sheep
Lady Marina Ogilvy: Former royal wild child and daughter of the Queen’s cousin Princess Alexandra. She caused a scandal when she became pregnant out of wedlock.
Gary Goldsmith: Kate’s cocaine-snorting uncle.

Loyal staff
Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton: William’s ex-SAS private secretary. His son, Billy, is a page boy.
Miguel Head: His unflappable and extremely loyal press secretary.
Tiggy Pettifer: Formerly Tiggy Legge Bourke, William’s much-loved former nanny.
Thea Garwood: Glamorous diarist with a no-nonsense style.

Faith leaders
Vincent Nichols: The BBC’s team are unlikely to mention that the head of England’s Catholic Church called the Corporation ‘biased and hostile’.
Malcolm Deboo: President of the Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe. William’s friends like trust funds too.

Charitable links
David Allen: Chairman of Mountain Rescue, of which William is patron.
Seyi Obakin: Chief executive of Centrepoint, William’s first charitable patronage. Slept rough with the prince in London.
Julia Samuel: Chairman of the Child Bereavement Charity and one of Diana ’s closest friends.

Invited: Centrepoint CEO Seyi Obakin has an invite after he and Prince William spent a night sleeping rough in freezing temperatures in December 2009

Comrades in arms
Lance Corporal Martyn Compton: He was injured in an ambush in Afghanistan in 2006 which left him with 75 per cent burns.
Holly Dyer: Sister of William’s close friend, 2nd Lieutenant Joanna Dyer, killed by a bomb in Iraq.
Wing Commander Steve Bentley: William’s Search and Rescue Force squadron leader at RAF Valley.
Foreign royals
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden: Her husband Daniel Westling, her former personal trainer, is also coming.
King of Swaziland Mswati III: He has 14 wives, but appears on the list without his ‘plus one’.
King of Tonga: Educated at Oxford and Sandhurst, he travels round Tonga in a black London taxi.

Political class
David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Milliband are all invited.
Sally Bercow: Self-confessed ‘binge-drinking ladette’ made the guest list as the plus-one for her husband, Speaker John Bercow.
Boris Johnson: Will he still be invited after the couple see his wedding present – a tandem ‘Boris Bike’?
Sir John Major: The former prime minister was appointed a guardian to William and Harry after Diana’s death.

Berkshire posse
John Madejski: Chairman of Reading Football Club, and a friend of the Middletons.
Hash and Chan Shingadia: Owners of the local convenience store where Kate buys her favourite sweets.
Ryan Naylor: Bucklebury postman.
John Haley: Landlord of the Old Boot Inn, where William and Kate sometimes have a drink.

I'LL WATCH IT ON TV, SAYS SNUBBED CHERIE

Looking forward to watching it on TV: Cherie Blair has not been invited to the wedding

Cherie Blair is said to be ‘looking forward to watching the Royal Wedding on television’ after she and her husband were left off the guest list.
The official line from St James’s Palace is that Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, also not invited, are not Knights of the Garter, unlike Baroness Thatcher and Sir John Major.
But there is no denying that the relationship between the Royal Family and the Blairs in particular was at times very strained.
Mrs Blair revealed in her memoirs that their youngest son Leo had been conceived at Balmoral as she had been too embarrassed to pack contraception.
She allegedly refused to curtsy to the Royal Family, and Mr Blair ruffled royal feathers after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997 when he was critical of the family’s ‘insensitive’ and ‘old-fashioned’ approach.
At the time of the Millennium celebrations, the Queen looked distinctly uncomfortable as Mr Blair grabbed her hand to sing Auld Lang Syne. His memoirs published last year, when he made unprecedented disclosures about his private dealings with the Queen, will hardly have helped pour oil on troubled waters.
A spokesman for the Blairs refused to comment on whether they were miffed at the snub.
When Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in 1981, all surviving former prime ministers attended – Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and James Callaghan.
Neither Heath nor Callaghan was a Knight of the Garter, a 24-strong order whose membership is the highest rank of chivalry.
Labour MP Michael Dugher said: ‘It appears odd that surviving prime ministers other than Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have rightly been invited to a semi-state occasion, while they haven’t.’
A St James’s Palace spokesman said: ‘Sir John Major is the only former prime minister going. Baroness Thatcher was invited, as were all Knights of the Garter, but is unable to attend. It is not a state occasion so there is no reason why Mr Blair and Mr Brown would be invited.’
Following the death of Diana in 1997, Sir John Major was appointed a guardian to Princes William and Harry and the Palace said he was invited for this ‘very specific reason’.
Gordon Brown’s office refused to comment on the issue.

It's a children's event Kim! Miss Kardashian wears cleavage enhancing mini-dress to Kids' Choice Awards

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:00 PM on 3rd April 2011
It was an event for children and family viewing but that didn’t stop Kim Kardashian flaunting her sensational curves in a provocative mini-dress.

The 30-year-old sashayed along the orange carpet at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards in a frilly cream frock that boasted a plunging neckline and thigh-high hemline.

Her demure sister Kourtney, 31, managed to look ravishing yet understated in a floor-length, high-necked red gown but failed to pass on her fashion tips to her younger sibling.

Daring: Kim Kardashian flashed her curvaceous figure on the orange carpet in a cream frilly frock with a plunging neckline and thigh-high hemline alongside nude heels

Sisterly love: Glamorous sisters Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian all pose together for a family shot

The sisters later took to the stage alongside a mime, John Mackey, to present the Favourite TV Show award at the 24th annual awards show.

And the girls were also joined by their younger half-sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner, who both wore pale pink dresses with nude heels.

Luckily the Kardashians managed to keep their dignity during the night by not being slimed.
Kim wrote on her Twitter page: ‘The awards were so fun! Thank heaven we didn’t get slimmed!!!
And later added: ‘I met@SofiaVergara tonight. She is sooo beautiful & was soooo sweet! Love u Sofia xo.’

Presenting: Kim and Kourtney present with mime John Mackey for the Favourite TV Show Award at the 24th annual kids' event

All grown up: Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus, 18, shrugged off her recent troubles and appeared radiant and composed in a grown up dress

Awards: Miley accepted her award on stage for Favourite Movie Actress

Award winners: Miley accepted her award on stage for Favourite Movie Actress and Selena Gomez picked up the Favourite TV Actress award

Meanwhile, as Kim took the opportunity to make waves among male admirers, 18-year-old Miley Cyrus was looking all grown up in a conservative floral gown.
The actress and singer put her troubles behind her as she arrived for awards in a glamorous flowing dress and picked up the award for Favourite Movie Actress.
The gown, complete with train, highlighted Miley's slender figure. The Hannah Montana star has been criticised for her occasionally revealing clothing in recent months, but looked lovely on the orange carpet.
Things have picked up for the former Disney star since her highly-publicised troubles, she was recently seen smiling after her parents Trish and Billy Ray reunited.

Slime time: Russell Brand got covered in green slime as he spoke on stage, as did Heidi Klum as she presented

Slime hose: Johnny Depp poured slime over the audience with a big hose full of green sludge

Meanwhile Heidi Klum went for the simple and understated look in a black mini dress, embellished only with white embroidery around the neck.
The 37-year-old presenter of Seriously Funny Kids matched her tailored shift with a pair of black high heels, wearing her hair in a simple slicked back bun.

But hopefully she took a change of outfit, as she was later slimed on stage, as was Russell Brand and Johnny Depp.
Johnny looked ravishing before being slimed, in a pinstriped waistcoat, scarf and had, while Justin Timberlake played it cool in a black leather jacket.

Before the slime: Johnny Depp looked ravishing in a waistcoat and French hat before he was slimed, while Justin Timberlake wowed in a black leather jacket as he hugged actress Rosario Dawson

Josh Duhamel gets slimed while he's in the throne

Bad luck: Rapper Snoop Dogg gets slimed from head to toe on stage, while Josh Duhamel gets slimed while he's sitting in the throne

Snoop Dogg got the worst sliming off all the stars, as he was covered head to toe in the green sludge.
Choosing white was Disney Star Selena Gomez, 18, whose boyfriend Justin Bieber was absent - away performing in Europe.
Luckily she escaped the slime and picked up the Favourite TV Actress award.
Sisters Paris and Nicki Hilton wore pink and white mini dresses, posing together as they stood on the red carpet under the late afternoon LA sun. Paris held one leg up in the style of a flamingo, while her sister posed more traditionally.
Also on the orange carpet was the Black Eyed Peas, with Fergie making it clear she was ready to embrace whatever the evening threw at her.

Before the slime: Heidi Klum slipped into a simple black dress, while Selena Gomez looked stunning in white

The glamorous front-woman said she's become strangely curious - and a little afraid - of what the infamous slime will feel, smell and taste like at the 24th annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award.
She donned a custom-made outfit for a kid-friendly medley with her fellow Peas, marking the group's first time at the slimy ceremony.
And she also performed on stage with the event's host Jack Black.
'We've always been on tour every year,' said Fergie. 'My mom would call me and say, "You know you're nominated for Kids' Choice Awards."
'I would watch the show on the Internet, and it would make me sad that we couldn't be there. This is a special moment for us to be able to come to this particular award show and rock it.'

Performers: Host Jack Black performed on stage with the Black Eyed Peas' Fergie in matching Lego-inspired ensembles

Circus-inspired: Willow Smith put on a stellar performance as she was lifted over the audience by electronic suspenders

Famous family: Singer Willow Smith, 10, left, and her actor brother Jaden, 12

Fergie and the Peas won one of the fan-favourite ceremony's blimp-shaped trophies for the Favourite Music Group category.
They were up against musical siblings the Jonas Brothers, country crooners Lady Antebellum and boy band Big Time Rush, who are also slated to perform at the University of Southern California's Galen Center, along with Willow Smith and Train.
More than 10,000 screaming kids, as well as a few adults, were anticipated at Saturday's ceremony, which featured Justin Timberlake receiving The Big Help humanitarian award and Jack Black hosting for the third time.
The zany star of such films as Kung Fu Panda and Gulliver's Travels promised 'a huge opening number' and several costume changes.

Does she think she's a flamingo? Paris Hilton holds up her leg as she and sister Nicki pose for the cameras

Latino lovelies: Rosario Dawson, 31, star of Unstoppable and Modern Family star Sofia Vergara, 38

'I'm going to break the record for amounts of costume changes in one night,' boasted Black, who was sporting a simple red T-shirt and black shorts during rehearsals Friday afternoon.
'I'm going to put Madonna and Cher to shame because I'm going to be changing in the middle of presentations. I'm going to try to have a different outfit every 38 seconds.'

Presenters - and possible slimees - included Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Josh Duhamel, Sofia Vergara, Jane Lynch and Miranda Cosgrove.
Marjorie Cohn, Nickelodeon's president of development and original programming, admitted celebs are usually given a head's up if they're due for a sliming but promised that no one can truly anticipate the green goop.

Family day out: Snop Dogg and Star Jones both took along their children to enjoy the evening

TV stars: iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove, 17, Debby Ryan, 17 from 16 Wishes and Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen

All dressed up: Disney star Bella Thorne, 13, Race To With Mountain star AnnaSophia Robb, 17, and Life Unexpected's Arielle Kebbel, 26

'Everybody knows if they're going to be slimed, but nobody exactly knows what it's going to feel like or how they're going to respond to it,' teased Cohn.
'There's still a giant sense of surprise. No one rehearses being slimed. You can't really imagine the feeling of that coldness dripping through your clothes and into every pore of your body.'
A host of aspiring young stars and actresses joined her on the red carpet, keen to have their moment in the spotlight.