Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April to Question 181313, on Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, whether the invitation for the Head of State of Saudi Arabia was issued to a named individual.

Invitations were issued to the Heads of State of all nations with whom the UK has full diplomatic relations, with a small number of exceptions. Realms and Overseas Territories also received invitations in line with their constitutional arrangements. The invitation denoted the role of the invitee, and roles to which the invitation could be delegated.