Courtesy - The Island - by Rex Clementine
A Sri Lankan Buddhist monk is among the special guests invited for Friday’s Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Buckingham Palace announced yesterday.
Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala Nayaka Thera, the Director of the London Buddhist Vihara Monastry, is among the dignitaries in the special guests list that includes several Royal families of Europe, British Prime Minister David Cameron, football star David Beckham, singer Elton John, comedian Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) and a selected few others.
Ven Bogoda Seelawimala Nayaka Thera hails from Malwatta Chapter of the Siam Nikaye. He’s the first Buddhist monk to be invited for a Royal Wedding.
The full list of special invitees:
Royal Families: Belgium’s Crown Prince Philippe and his wife Princess Mathilde, Denmark’s Queen Margrethe, Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja, Serbia’s Crown Prince Alexander and his wife, Crown Princess Katherine, Spain’s Queen Sofia, Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and her husband, Prince Daniel, The Netherlands’ Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima, Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancee Charlene Wittstock, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain, Prince Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and his wife, Princess Saskia.
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