Royal watchers were enraged that a number of dignitaries with questionable human rights records, from Bahrain鈥檚 crown prince 鈥� widely accused of overseeing a brutal crackdown on opposition protests in his country 鈥� to a few African heads of state, might be making appearances inside Westminster Abbey for the royal wedding.
King Mswati III of Swaziland and Zimbabwe鈥檚 ambassador to the United Kingdom have both reportedly RSVP'd 鈥� prompting outrage because of their respective countries鈥� , reports the Independent. Political parties and unions have been banned for almost four decades in Swaziland. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been criticized repeatedly for his country鈥檚 brutal repression of government critics.
