Invited to the Royal Wedding: David Beckham, Mr. Bean. Not invited: Sepp Blatter, Tony Blair

Haven’t received your invitation to the Royal Wedding? Face it, you’re not going … join the club. Since Prince William is not yet next in line to the throne, it’s not a state function, and therefore the Royal Family can invite who they want (I read that in Metrosexual Monthly). And this is causing no end of controversy over there. If you care, David and Victoria Beckham have been invited … Kids! Give the Queen back her hat! … and so has Elton John and Rowan Atkinson, aka Mr. Bean.

Not invited? Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. And FIFA High Lord Sepp Blatter is also banned. Is anyone surprised by that? If England had won the 2018 World Cup bid, I’m sure Blatter would be in and Mr. Bean would be out on his keister.

Also invited:

Rights groups criticised Prince William and Kate Middleton for inviting foreign royals from Bahrain, Swaziland and other nations where authorities have violently suppressed pro-democracy protests in recent weeks.

Earlier reports said the Gulf state’s rulers would withdraw to avoid embarrassment after a bloody crackdown on protesters there left at least 24 people dead.

Anti-monarchy campaign group Republic hit out at inclusion of royals from not only Bahrain but also Saudi Arabia, Oman, Brunei, Qatar, Swaziland, Lesotho, Bhutan and Kuwait.

“This guest list reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of tyrants and their cronies,” Republic chief Graham Smith said.

“Whatever happened to William’s supposedly strong social conscience? He must take personal responsibility for this and rescind the invitations immediately.”

Leading gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said the invitations of “royal tyrants” from Bahrain, Swaziland and Saudi Arabia were a “massive misjudgement.”

Poor William. Like any groom, he has absolutely no say over the guest list, but is still taking all the heat over who’s on it.

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Royal wedding list causes controversy [People Forum]