Vladimir Putin and Belarussian pal Alexander Lukashenko are BANNED from attending the Queen's state funeral on Monday | The Sun
REPRESENTATIVES from Russia, Belarus and Myanmar have been BARRED from the Queen’s state funeral on Monday.
Meanwhile, Iran will only be represented at the occasion on an ambassadorial level.
The snub sticks two fingers up to Mad Vlad Putin, whose troops recently lost 6,000 square kilometres of captured territory to heroic Ukrainian soldiers.
In Myanmar, military chiefs ruling the country have been accused by the United Nations of “depraved” acts of violence against opposition democracy activists.
And in Iran the brutal Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei continues to have sour relations with Britain.
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Queen Elizabeth’s funeral is expected to draw in around 500 foreign dignitaries.
Most countries have their head of state and one guest invited.
Across the globe the late monarch has been hailed as one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen.
US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill will be in attendance, as well as the Presidents of Germany and Italy, and the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand.
The state funeral will be held at Westminster Abbey at 11am.
The beautiful church can hold around 2,000 people.
After the ceremony, the beloved Queen’s coffin will travel in Procession to Wellington Arch, where it will then be sent to St George’s chapel in Windsor castle for a Committal Service.
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Before the funeral the Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall for four days.
Up to a million mourners are expected to file past and queues could be exceed 20 hours long, stretching three miles.
It is five times the 200,000 people who paid their respects to the Queen Mother in 2002.
A total of three million are expected to travel down to the capital this week to pay their respects.
The route will snake through London and be lined with extra portable loos and water stations.
And medics at nearby Guy’s and St Thomas’s hospitals are on standby in case those in the queue fall ill.
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