The Royal Wedding – coming to a street party near you?

The guest list is out, the seating plan has been revealed but not everyone in Britain is proving keen to celebrate the Royal Wedding.

A host of celebrities, from Elton John to David Beckham, will be joining fellow Royals, politicians and service personnel at Westminster Abbey for Friday’s service.

But although more than five thousand street parties will be held – figures show they’re concentrated in the middle-class south – with none planned for Glasgow at all.

The bunting’s going up as people across most of the country get ready to celebrate William and Kate’s marriage on Friday.

But figures released today show something of a split across the country – with London and the South East apparently much more enthusiastic about the party mood than everyone else.

In the capital more than 800 roads are being closed for street parties. In the home counties excitement is high too – more than 200 in Surrey, almost 300 in Hertforshire. That contrasts with just 90 in Lancashire, a very low 30 in Scotland and a 156 in Wales.

A late surge in applications brought the total number of street parties planned to 5,500. But that still lags way behind previous royal events – there were 4,000 street parties in London alone for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977.

Wedding invitations

Also released today is the list of notable guests for the wedding: it includes Royals from around the world including Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, large numbers from the military including the Prince’s unit in Anglesey and a few politicians, among the great and good from sport and charity and various celebs:

Rowan Atkinson is invited – presumably not going as Blackadder. As are football’s answer to royalty, David and Victoria Beckham. The great and good of charity include Seyi Obakin, from homelessness charity Centrepoint.

And of course Sir Elton John will be there.

Notable guests

St James’s Palace has issued a list of “notable guests invited today:

Barty Pleydell-Bouverie led the Cycle of Life charity bike ride across Africa in 2008, which raised money for the Tusk Trust.

Rear Admiral Ian Corder is Rear Admiral of Submarines. Prince William was appointed Commodore-in-Chief of Submarines by the Queen in 2006.

Brigadier Smyth-Osbourne was Prince William and Prince Harry’s Commanding Officer in the Household Regiment and acted as their military mentor. He was also Prince Harry’s Commanding Officer when the prince undertook active service in Afghanistan.

Major Bartle-Jones was Prince William’s Squadron Leader in the Household Cavalry Regiment based at Windsor.

Wing Commander Steven Bentley is Prince William’s Search and Rescue Force Squadron Leader at RAF Valley, Anglesey.

Sergeant Keith Best is a colleague of Prince William at RAF Valley, in Anglesey, North Wales. The Winchman was awarded the Queen’s Commendation for Bravery in the Air after playing a major role in the rescue efforts in the Cumbrian floods in 2009.

Squadron Leader Paul Bolton is a colleague of Prince William at RAF Valley in Anglesey, North Wales.

Wing Commander Kevin Marsh met Prince William through his service in the RAF. He will be one of the Path Liners outside Westminster Abbey on the wedding day.

Lance-Corporal Martyn Compton from the Household Cavalry. He was injured in an ambush in Afghanistan in 2006, which put him in a coma for three months and left him with 75 per cent burns.

Holly Dyer is sister to 2nd Lieutenant Joanna Dyer, who was killed by a bomb in Iraq in 2007. Joanna was a close friend of Prince William at Sandhurst. In a statement released by Clarence House at the time, Prince William said he was “deeply saddened to hear the tragic news and he is very much thinking of her family and friends right now and they will remain in his thoughts and prayers”.

Susie Roberts is the widow of Major Alexis Roberts, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2007. Major Alexis Roberts was Prince William’s Platoon Commander at Sandhurst. In a statement released at the time, Prince William said he was deeply saddened to learn of Major Roberts’ death. The Prince remembers him with “great fondness and respect”.

Former soldier Bryn Parry and his wife Emma founded the charity Help for Heroes to assist wounded service men and women. Both Princes William and Harry are supporters of the charity and Prince William previously opened a new swimming pool at Headley Court in 2010, which had been funded by Help for Heroes.

Edward Gould was Master of Marlborough College whilst Kate Middleton was a student.

Dr Andrew Gailey is the Vice-Provost of Eton College and was Prince William’s Housemaster.

Australian Ed Dawson-Damer is an ex-Irish Guards officer, who was Equerry to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in the 1980s. He hosted Prince William for a section of his visit to Australia in January 2010.

New Zealander Sam Stevenson was Prince William’s New Zealand equerry during his visit to the country in July 2005. At the time, Sam was a Captain within the New Zealand Defence Forces. During the visit, Prince William undertook official engagements representing the Queen in Wellington and Auckland at events to commemorate the end of the Second World War.

Following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, Sir John Major – the former Prime Minister – was appointed a Guardian to Prince William and Prince Harry with responsibility for legal and administrative matters.

Actor Rowan Atkinson is a close friend of the Prince of Wales.

The journalist and news reporter Tom Bradby has known both Prince William and Miss Middleton for some time. He conducted their first joint interview on the day their engagement was announced.

Ben Fogle is best known as a travel writer, television presenter and adventurer and has met Prince William on a number of occasions.

Sir Elton John is a singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He performed at the funeral of the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Prince William, as President of the Football Association, has met footballer David Beckham on a number of occasions. They recently worked together as Ambassadors of England’s 2018 World Cup Bid.

Guy Ritchie is a friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton. He is a well-established filmmaker, who directed Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and Revolver.

Joss Stone is best known as an English soul singer and songwriter. She performed at the Concert for Diana at Wembley in 2007 and at City Salute in 2008.

Photographer Mario Testino took Prince William and Miss Middleton’s official portrait photographs to mark their engagement.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson is a friend of the Prince of Wales and his family.

Amateur jockey Sam Waley Cohen is a friend of Prince William and Miss Middleton.

Canadians Galen and Hilary Weston are friends of the Prince of Wales and his family.