Syria's ambassador to the United Kingdom is not welcome at the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Foreign Office announced Thursday, after saying earlier he had been invited.
The reversal comes "in the light of this week's attacks against civilians by the Syrian security forces, which we have condemned," the Foreign Office said in a statement.
"The presence of the Syrian Ambassador at the Royal Wedding would be unacceptable," Foreign Secretary William Hague decided, according to the statement.
"Buckingham Palace shares the view of the Foreign Office," the statement added.
Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, is marrying his college girlfriend Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London on Friday. The entire diplomatic corps was invited as a matter of protocol.
Middleton, the presumptive future Queen of England, will not promise to obey her husband Prince William -- the likely future king -- when they marry on Friday, an order of service released Thursday shows.
They will promise to love, comfort, honor, and keep each other in identical vows.
The reversal comes "in the light of this week's attacks against civilians by the Syrian security forces, which we have condemned," the Foreign Office said in a statement.
"The presence of the Syrian Ambassador at the Royal Wedding would be unacceptable," Foreign Secretary William Hague decided, according to the statement.
"Buckingham Palace shares the view of the Foreign Office," the statement added.
Prince William, the second in line to the British throne, is marrying his college girlfriend Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London on Friday. The entire diplomatic corps was invited as a matter of protocol.
Middleton, the presumptive future Queen of England, will not promise to obey her husband Prince William -- the likely future king -- when they marry on Friday, an order of service released Thursday shows.
They will promise to love, comfort, honor, and keep each other in identical vows.
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