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Royal wedding: Who's sitting where?

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    26 April 2011
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The wedding will see 2,000 guests gathered in Westminster Abbey, including 46 foreign royals, the prime minister and members of the cabinet and the armed forces.

Westminster Abbey seating plan

Guide to the occasion

  • Schedule
    for the day

  • Abbey
    360° tour

  • Seating
    plan

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