Royal Wedding Guest List Trigger Controversy

List of British royal family guests invited to the wedding reception has trigger controversy after the kings and princes from the countries that have a poor record of human rights invited, while two former British prime minister did not even invited.

Human rights groups criticized Prince William and Kate Middleton as inviting foreign prince of Bahrain, Swaziland and other countries, which its government have been hard repress pro-democracy in recent weeks.

British newspapers show the former prime minister Tony Blair and Gordon Brown just not on the list of issued last weekend, while the Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher and John Major invited.

Some royal officials said that Blair, who came to power in 1997-2007, and Brown (Prime Minister 2007-2010), was not invited because they are not recipients the Knights of the Garter, Britain's highest award.

A bit controversial, soccer player David Beckham and his wife, musician Elton John and actor "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson are among those who will attend at the wedding on Friday in Westminster Abbey.

There was a surprise when royal officials announced that Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain will also be present. Reports previously said that the rulers of the Gulf countries will not be present to prevent shameful situation after the bloody crackdown on demonstrators that caused at least 24 people were killed.

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