David, Victoria Beckham join Sir Elton John on exclusive Prince William, Kate Middleton wedding list 
 
 Shamim/Wireimage; Rothenberg for News; Massland/News David Beckham, Sir Elton John and Victoria Beckham are on the guest list for Prince William and Kate Middleton's much-anticipated wedding at the end of the month. 
 
 Soccer legend David Beckham; his pop star wife, Victoria, and music great Sir Elton John are among the guests invited to the royal wedding this month. 
 
 The list of attendees at the April 29 wedding includes statesmen, diplomats, politicians and religious leaders, as well as the butcher and shopkeeper from bride Kate Middleton's home village of Bucklebury, according to the British press. 
 
 Middleton and Prince William also have invited many of their close friends - and some ex-partners - to the lavish occasion, expected to be watched by 2 billion people worldwide. 
 
 The bride-to-be's uncle, Gary Goldsmith, also will be there despite being caught in a tabloid sting allegedly selling cocaine to an undercover reporter and boasting about his royal connections. 
 
 About 1,900 people have been sent invitations to the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, which will be followed by a Buckingham Palace reception for 600 guests. 
 
 In the evening, the couple have invited 300 close family and friends to an intimate dinner and dance. 
 
 cboyle@nydailynews.com 
 
 With News Wire Services 

 The official royal wedding guest list revealed: Kate asks 2 ex-loves... and William invites 4 
 
 
 
 Prince William and Kate Middleton have invited a total of six of their ex-partners to the royal wedding . 
 
 While the Prince of Wales embraced the worlds of high finance and international politics when sending invitations, the 250 guests jointly chosen by the Royal couple, together with the 100 guests invited by Kate's parents, include a football club chairman, a famous comedian, a yoga teacher – and all of William's ex-girlfriends, along with two of Kate's rumoured former flames. 
 
 
 
 Their choices include... 
 
 
 
 Varied: Prince William and Kate Middleton have chosen an eclectic guest list for their wedding 
 
 CELEBRITY PALS 
 
 David and Victoria Beckham have told friends they are 'delighted' to be invited and The Mail on Sunday can reveal film director Guy Ritchie – who is Kate's sixth cousin once removed – is also on the list, though there is no plus-one for his girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley. 
 
 Former English rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward will attend with his wife Lady Woodward. Comedian Rowan Atkinson is also invited. 
 
 On the list: David Beckham and Victoria Beckham are on the guest list 
 
 THE MIDDLETON CLAN 
 
 More than 15 members of the Middleton family are invited, along with distant cousins and friends from around the world, including Italy, Switzerland, France and Australia. 
 
 Kate's uncle, multi-millionaire entrepreneur Gary Goldsmith, who shamed the family when he was filmed chopping cocaine and boasting of his Royal connections, will be among those invited to meet the Queen at the Palace. Carole's only brother will be accompanied by his ex-wife Luan Goldsmith and their ten-year-old daughter Tallulah. 
 
 Kate's sister and maid of honour Pippa is inviting her boyfriend of one year, city trader Alex Loudon. Meanwhile, her brother James will attend on his own. 
 
 Other relatives include Matita Glassborow, Jean Harrison, Stephen Lupton, David Middleton, Elizabeth Middleton, Timothy Middleton, John Middleton, Richard Middleton, Simon Middleton, Nicholas Middleton, Adam Middleton and Lucy Middleton. 
 
 Kate's sister Pippa is taking her boyfriend Alex Loudon, while her brother James will attend alone. 
 
 An invitation has been sent to the chairman of Reading FC, John Madejski, who lives near the family in Berkshire, confirming the Middletons move in well-connected circles. They have also invited Tory MP Richard Benyon and his second wife Zoe, who entertained Carole and Michael at his country pile, Englefield House, recently. 
 
 Swiss-based, British-born investment banker Alexander Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport, and Newbury-based horse trainer Hugh Morrison, along with his wife Mary, are also to attend, as is designer Philippa Naylor. 
 
 
 
 Artist and close family friend Gemma Billington and her husband Tim are invited, along with Party Pieces photographer Millie Pilkington and her husband Edward. 
 
 Landowners William Hartley Russell and his wife Marina, who reside at Bucklebury House in the oldest landed estate in Berkshire, are also among the invitees. 
 
 Flamboyant: Basil Charles, whose beachside bar is a favourite of guests on Mustique, has been invited 
 
 MUSTIQUE SET 
 
 The Middletons have invited many friends from Mustique, prompting speculation that the newlyweds will honeymoon on the Caribbean island. 
 
 The managing directors of The Mustique Company, Roger Pritchard and Brian Alexander, are on the guest list, along with John and Belle Robinson, in whose villa William and Kate have stayed. Jeanette Cadet, the 'welcoming face' who fronts the villa rentals office on Mustique, is also attending. 
 
 The island's head tennis coach Richard Schaffer has been invited, along with Gregory Allen, the island's yoga teacher, and the local doctor Michael Bunbury and his wife. Basil Charles, the flamboyant owner of Basil's Bar, has also been invited. 
 
 Set for the Abbey: Jecca Craig, rumoured to be a former flame of the Prince, seen left with Captain Philip Kaye; Arabella Musgrave, who went out with William before he went to University, is also invited 
 
 
 
 THE EXES 
 
 Kate has invited her ex-boyfriend Rupert Finch, whom she dated at St Andrews before she started seeing William, and her Marlborough friend Willem Marx, with whom she was rumoured to have had a relationship in the sixth-form. As we reported in January, William has invited all his exes. Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, whom William is said to have pursued during the summer of 2004, has received her gold-leafed invite. 
 
 
 
 William's close friend and rumoured former flame Jecca Craig will be bringing her new beau Captain Philip Kaye, one of the Prince's polo-playing chums from Norfolk. 
 
 Arabella Musgrave, who dated William the summer before he went to St Andrews, is invited, along with William's first girlfriend Rose Farquhar. 
 
 Jecca Craig, reportedly William's first true love and one of his closest friends, is on the list together with her boyfriend Captain Philip Kaye, her parents Ian and Jane, and her brother Batian and his wife Melissa. 
 
 William's friend Olivia Hunt, who attended Edinburgh University with Kate's sister Pippa, and her parents, are also among the invitees. 
 
 Close friend of William and former member of the Beaufort polo set Natalie Milbank and her husband Ed are also invited. 
 
 Davina Duckworth-Chad – once named as a potential bride for William – will attend with her husband Tom Barber. 
 
 Attending: Rose Farquhar, William's first girlfriend, is going; as is Willem Marx, Kate's ex-boyfriend, seen here with her in a school picture 
 
 
 
 Gold-leafed invite: Both Holly Branson, left, and Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe - rumoured to have been pursued by William - have received invites 
 
 Uni boyfriend: Rupert Finch, Kate's former boyfriend at university 
 
 THE GLOSSE POSSE 
 
 The Prince's best friends from Gloucestershire, known as the 'Glosse Posse', are all on the list, including Amanda Bush – nicknamed 'Bouncing Tigger' because of her lively character – Lady Catherine Percy, the daughter of the Duke of Northumberland, and her husband Patrick Valentine. 
 
 The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland's other children, Lady Melissa Percy, George Percy (Earl Percy) and Lord Max Percy are all invited, as is Captain Jack Mann, the polo-playing son of mercenary Simon Mann, Harry Aubrey Fletcher and his new wife Louise, and Harry's parents Sir Henry and Lady Aubrey-Fletcher. 
 
 William's friends Tom and Victoria Inskip are invited, along with Susanna and Jake Warren, grandchildren of the Queen's former racing manager, the Earl of Carnarvon. 
 
 Showjumper Harry Meade and his wife Rosie are invited, along with his brother James, sister Lucy and parents, Olympic gold medallist Richard Meade and his wife Angela. 
 
 
 
 Guy Pelly, left, William's best friend, and Thomas van Straubenzee, a pal from Eton, on a night out with Kate 
 
 Emily Gerard Leigh, one of William's friends from Wiltshire, and entrepreneur Jamie Murray Wells, along with his parents Simon and Angela, are invited, as is Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs, daughter of the Marquess of Reading. 
 
 William's best friend Guy Pelly, who organised the Prince's stag party, and his parents Mr and Mrs John Pelly, will attend, as will polo-playing brothers Luke and Mark Tomlinson. Mark is bringing his girlfriend Laura Bechtolsheimer, an equestrian in the British dressage team. 
 
 Prince William's close friend Arthur Landon, who has inherited a fortune of £200 million, is invited, as is his mother Katalina. 
 
 The Earl of Home David Douglas-Home, the chairman of private bank Coutts, and his wife Jane will attend, along with their daughters Lady Mary and Lady Iona. Lady Iona will bring her husband James Thomas Wingfield Hewitt. 
 
 Lord and Lady Tollemache's sons Edward and James, a childhood friend of William's, along with Edward's wife Sophie, are invited. 
 
 
 
 
 
 TEAM WILLIAM 
 
 Trusted: Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, the prince's private secretary, is invited and his son is Billy is a page boy 
 
 Prince William has broken with tradition and invited a number of his aides to the reception. 
 
 Among them is his press officer Miguel Head and his private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton and Jamie's wife Susannah. Mr Lowther-Pinkerton, who has helped William and Kate plan the wedding, is one of the Prince's most trusted aides; his son Billy has been chosen by the couple to be a page boy. 
 
 William's personal secretary Helen Asprey, who manages the couple's diary, and her partner Nigel Hawkins are also on the list. William has invited his former nanny Tiggy Pettifer, formerly Legge-Bourke, her husband Charles and their sons Frederick and Tom, who is also a pageboy. 
 
 
 
 Tiggy's brother Harry Legge-Bourke, a Welsh Guards officer, and his wife Iona are also on the list, as is Tiggy's mother Shan Legge-Bourke. 
 
 William's former headmaster from Ludgrove School, Gerald Barber, and his wife, along with William's former housemaster at Eton, Dr Andrew Gailey, and his wife, are on the list. 
 
 
 
 Mark Dyer, the Prince of Wales' former equerry, who accompanied William on his gap year to Chile, and his wife have also been invited, as has Robert Cudmore, William's former polo instructor. 
 
 
 
 William has even invited his childhood nanny Barbara Barnes, who looked after William and Harry until they started school. 
 
 
 
 Harry refused to reveal who he is taking in a recent TV interview, but The Mail on Sunday can confirm that Chelsy has been invited to the wedding and evening reception. 
 
 The provost of Eton and Charles's teacher at Gordonstoun, Sir Eric Anderson, who advised William on his gap year, and his wife Lady Anderson are also on the list. 
 
 
 
 
 
 KATE'S MATES 
 
 Kate has also invited a mixture of work colleagues, school friends and pals from Marlborough. 
 
 Photographer Alistair Morrison, whose work she curated, and his wife are invited, as is Sarah Dawson, the Head of Corporate Fundraising at Starlight Children’s Foundation, with which Kate has worked closely. 
 
 Other names on Kate's list include Marlborough friend Alicia Fox-Pitt, Meghann Gunderman – who is coming over from the States – her favourite designer Daniella Helayel, director of Issa, and Katie Readman, who also works for the label. 
 
 Her friend, jockey Sam Waley-Cohen, and his fiancee Annabel Ballin, as well as Sam's parents Robert and Felicity, are attending. Also invited are rower Oliver Hicks and his parents, Mr and Mrs Charles Hicks, who are both solicitors. 
 
 Lady Laura Marsham, daughter of Julian Marsham, the 8th Earl of Romley, and her brother Michael are invited. Kate's friends from St Andrew's prep school in Pangbourne, including Emily Bevan, are attending. 
 
 Jessica Hay, who revealed that Kate was bullied at Downe House, is not on the guest list. Nor is Emma Sayle, whom Kate teamed up with for a charity boat race. 
 
 
 
 
 
 THE SALLIES CREW 
 
 As expected, the couple's coterie of friends from St Salvator's ('Sallies') hall of residence at St Andrews have been invited to the evening reception. 
 
 Bryony Daniels, who studied Geography with William, and Alasdair Coutts-Wood, who played rugby with the Prince, will be there. 
 
 Virginia Fraser, daughter of Lord Strathalmond and a neighbour of the couple in St Andrews, will also attend, along with their former flatmates Olivia Bleasdale, Oli Baker and Fergus Boyd, and Oli's and Fergus' wives Mel and Sandrine. University friend Oliver Chadwyck-Healey is on the list too. William and Kate have invited Sir Henry Cheape, who owns the Strathtyrum Estate in St Andrews where the couple shared a farmhouse in their third and fourth years. 
 
 Alice Warrender, a clothes-designer friend of Kate's; Captain Mark Hayhurst, William's pal from Sandhurst, and his fiancee Liz Sebag-Montefiore, who studied History of Art with Kate, are also invited. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ETON PALS 
 
 Former Etonians Graham Booth, Charles Gilkes – who runs Chelsea bar Maggie's – and his brother Alexander; Edward Innes-Ker, son of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe; banking heirs James and David Jardine-Paterson, the latter now married to Kate's close friend Emilia (nee d'Erlanger), and Mark Vestey's polo-playing son Ben and his wife Chloe and sister Tamara are all invited. 
 
 Thomas van Straubenzee, who is expected to assist Prince Harry with the best man's speech, together with his younger brother Charles, parents Alexander and Claire, and distant cousin William van Straubenzee, a friend of Princess Diana, will also be there. 
 
 Happy to be there: Princess Beatrice's boyfriend, Dave Clark, has been invited, seen here with his girlfriend, centre, and her sister, Princess Eugenie 
 
 THE BOUJIS BUNCH 
 
 Princess Beatrice's long-term boyfriend Dave Clark has been invited, along with Verity Evetts, singer James Blunt's ex-girlfriend. 
 
 Charlie Savory, heir to Thorpland Hall, and his wife Lucy – both Boujis regulars – are also on the list, as is Holly Branson, daughter of Virgin boss Sir Richard. 
 
 Charles Morshead, who accompanied Kate to Mahiki nightclub when she briefly split from William in 2007, is invited, along with Andrew Charlton and fiancee Edwina Palmer, daughter of Lord Palmer of the biscuit-making family, TV presenter Ben Fogle and his wife Marina, and Bear Maclean, who organises the Boodles Boxing Ball for Starlight, which William and Kate attend.
– Prince William and Kate Middleton chose 250 of the guests invited to their wedding, and Middleton's family chose 100. Among those? Quite a few of Wills' and Kate's ex-partners, theDaily Mail reports. For Kate: Rupert Finch, whom she dated pre-William, and Willem Marx, one of her teenage loves. For William: Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, whom he supposedly pursued in 2004; Arabella Musgrave, whom he dated before university; Rose Farquhar, his first girlfriend; Jecca Craig, supposedly his first true love; and Davina Duckworth-Chad, a one-time potential bride for the prince. Other guests include David and Victoria Beckham, Guy Ritchie, and, according to the New York Daily News, Elton John. One mystery remains: Prince Harry has not revealed his date, but on-again off-again love Chelsy Davy is on the guest list.