'Lots of cabinet ministers, and their partners, are unhappy about it,' a government source said. Only Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murthy will receive an invitation due to 'extremely limited space', the Mail previously revealed. The Mail previously revealed that several Conservative cabinet ministers also were unhappy that they are being denied a 'plus one'. You can't always be part of everything.' Pictured: The Earl of Carnarvon and his wife, Lady Fiona, at the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury Racecourse The Earl of Carnarvon said: 'We haven't received anything. However, her daughter, India, insisted that her 94-year-old mother wasn't offended and thought it was 'very, very sensible' to base invitations on 'meritocracy not aristocracy'. Lady Pamela Hicks, one of Queen Elizabeth's bridesmaids and the daughter of Lord Mountbatten, King Charles' former mentor, has also famously failed to make the cut – but did get a hurried and call from one of the king's personal secretaries to apologise.
Some members of the aristocracy have already revealed they will not be attending in any capacity, including Queen Elizabeth's godson, George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon and his wife, Lady Fiona. The co-chairman of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee Pageant and chairman of the V&A Museum, Sir Nicholas Coleridge, is also understood to have been told that there is no room for his wife, author Georgia Metcalfe.Ī source told the Mail: 'There's a lot of chatter about the lack of 'plus ones' in posh circles and a great deal of noses have been put out of joint.'
'I'm very sad it's a dress-down occasion and my wife doesn't get a seat,' he has said. Rupert Carrington is one of the six Great Officers of State, a position that dates back to William the Conqueror. The Great Lord Chamberlain of England has also made clear he is upset that there is no space for his wife, Daniela.
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