Other guests of the first lady Tuesday night included injured Afghanistan veteran Spc.

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Downing Street has released the names of more guests who will attend Lady Thatcher's funeral, including internet pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

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The 82-year-old Nobel laureate was the latest, and most literary in memory, of a long line of famous guests from Stephen Colbert to Lady Gaga who since 2005 have dropped in on Google Inc. in New York and the home offices in Mountain View, Calif.

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In one marathon reception in December 1996, Bill Clinton and then-First Lady Hillary Clinton welcomed about 1, 200 guests over three hours, with a 90-minute break upstairs in the middle, according to an archive of White House schedules kept by the William J Clinton Presidential Library.

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Last night the lady got a tattoo in front of hundreds of guests at the launch of her new fragrance, Fame, in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

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The ship's patron, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall Lady Mary Holborow, will carry out the ceremony among invited guests.

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And I also want to welcome to the United States the First Lady of France, and Michelle and I are very much looking forward to hosting our guests at dinner this evening.

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