The Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi promises “a majestic experience fit for a king and deserving of an emperor” and said it wants to make the day unforgettable for its guests too.

The Palace, which bills itself as a seven-star hotel, offered an overnight stay from a modest $450 to $1,500 with a royal high tea thrown in.

“We are making sure to have them enjoy a unique wedding in a unique set up and surrounding,” said Emirates Palace general manager Hans Olbertz.

The hotel has suites going up to $11,500, according to its published rates. “Come and join this Arabian fantasy,” the hotel invites its guests. Included in the prices is a free buffet breakfast.

Dubai’s landmark Burj Al-Arab which is designed to resemble the sails of an Arabian dhow, offered a chance to win free nights at the super luxury hotel for those joining the royal wedding party there.

“Be sure to arrive in your finest dress and have a chance to win a two-night stay... for the best dressed, most elegant hat and most stylish couple,” the hotel said.

Meanwhile, global politics trumped ceremonial protocol, as Britain revoked a royal wedding invitation to the Syrian ambassador because of violent attacks on protesters by the regime there.

But critics continued to ask why the guest list had room for despots while former British Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, both from the Labour Party, were left out.

Human rights groups had criticized the decision to invite Syrian Ambassador Sami Khiyami.

In related news, the palace said Friday that Kate’s wedding ring was fashioned by Welsh jewelers from a piece of Welsh gold given to Prince William by Queen Elizabeth.

Prince Harry, William’s younger brother and best man, will carry the gold band into Westminster Abbey and pass it to the bridegroom, who will place it on the bride’s finger during the wedding ceremony.

It has been made out of a piece of gold from the Clogau St David’s mine at Bontddu in north Wales, the source for royal wedding rings since the 1920s.

The queen gave the gold to William shortly after he and Kate announced their engagement in November.

They have asked Welsh family jewelers Wartski to make the ring, the same company which made the wedding rings for William’s father Prince Charles when he married his second wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, in 2005.

William will not receive a ring during the marriage, in keeping with his grandfather Prince Philip’s preference, but breaking with his father, who wears one under a signet ring on the little finger of his left hand.