Details of more than 2,000 guests being invited to Grantham-born Baroness Thatcher’s funeral have been issued – including all her surviving former Cabinet ministers, world leaders, and Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson.

Fresh information about the ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral was released yesterday as Lady Thatcher’s old political adversary Lord Kinnock revealed he would not be attending. Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan have also said health problems will keep them away.

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been left off the list after a series of provocative comments about the Falklands.

Number 10 said the guest roster had been drawn up by Lady Thatcher’s family and representatives with the assistance of the Government and the Conservative Party. More than 2,000 invitations are being sent out today, with a total of 2,300 people set to pack St Paul’s Cathedral.

A spokeswoman said: “Those invited include family and friends of Lady Thatcher, those who worked with her over the years, including all surviving members of her Cabinets, former Chiefs of Staff, Conservative associates, peers and MPs, members of the Cabinet, members of the Order of the Garter, members of the Order of Merit, foreign associates and dignitaries and representatives from the wide range of groups she was associated with.”

According to Downing Street, confirmed guests so far include Sir John Major, Tony Blair and wife Cherie, Gordon Brown, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and former South Africa leader FW de Klerk.

The service, to be held on Wednesday, will begin at 11am after Lady Thatcher’s body has been transported from Parliament with full military honours.

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