So,
now that we’ve seen the “reel weddings” that make us fall in love with a “fairy
tale” like settings of each events, what if… we go to the “Real Weddings”, considering
these are the most expensive weddings of all Time? Yes, these may be the real “Fairy Tales” of all
Time.
10. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes ($2 million)
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Location: Odescalchi Castle, Lake Bracccian, Italy
Number of Guests:150
Wedding Dress: Giorgio Armani, as well as for the Entire Party's ensemble
Honeymoon: Maldives thru a private Yacht
09. Paul McCartney and Heather Mills ($3 million)
Wedding Date: June 11, 2002
Location: St. Salvator’s Church , Castle Leslie, Glaslough, Ireland
Number of Guests: 300
Highlights: The twosome hosted an Indian themed welcome with vegetarian
subsistence. The bride’s gown was of her own invent, made by London’s
famed Eavis & Brown and her commendation was made of roses which
were named after McCartney. After a lovely fireworks display, the link
escaped to a private ait in the Seychelles for their honeymoon. (The
pair divorced in 2008.)\
Honeymoon: Seychelles, and they spent their first night on a $20 Million yacht for $19,000 a night.
08. Liza Minnelli and David Gest ($3.5 million)
Wedding Date: March 16, 2002
Location: Regent Hotel on Wall Street, New York City, New York
Highlights: Backed by a 60-ruined orchestra, Tony Bennett entertained
VIPs who feasted on a 12-row wedding cake and received initialled favors
encased in satin confectionery boxes embossed with “Liza and David 4
Yet”. Performers Paula Abdul, Tony Bennett, Bobby Brown, the
nonconformist Doobie Brothers, Gloria Gaynor, Monica, Donny Osmond, The
Sign Sisters, Paul Shaeffer, Usher, and Dionne Warwick entertained
guests.
07. Elizabeth Hurley & Arun Nayar ($7 million)
Wedding Date: March 3 & 9, 2007
Location: Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England and Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur, India
Number of Guests: 300
Highlights: Hurley wore a traditional chiffon gown designed by good
friend Donatella Versace. A second traditional Hindu ceremony was held
in the majestic Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, India where a
palace-view suite costs more than $10,000 a night.
06. Delphine Arnault and Alessandro Vallarino Gancia ($7 million)
Location:
Wedding Gown: John Galliano
Highlights: Add to a wealthy bride a wealthy groom with a family with a wine dynasty
business and you’ve got a splendid party, with of course, plenty of
fine wines. They couple wed in 2005 at the Cote d’ Azur in France. The
venue was decorated with 5,000 white roses. Harper’s Bazaar called it
the “Wedding of the Year”.
05. Wayne Rooney & Coleen McLoughlin ($15 million)
Location: The 4 day wedding ceremony took place in Villa Durazzo in Portofino Italy on June 12, 2008
Highlights: With stunning views of the Italian Rivera on a yacht with 64 guests
flown in on five different private jets, the ambiance was beautiful.
After spending almost $4 million dollars on a dress designed by Georgia
Chapman’s Marchesa label, guests had to wonder if the budget had run out
after being served pizza for the reception. In the end, they were able
to cut costs of $5 million by allowing Britain’s OK! Magazine to publish
exclusive information and pictures about the event, that is, after the
pizza was served.
04. Vikram Chatwal and Priva Sachdey ($20 million)
Let’s make it an even 20 after 15, that is, $20 mil, and then everything
will be up to par for the wedding of Vikram Chatwal, son of a New York
hotel magnet and a jet-setting hotelier and actor and for his
model/actress/investment banker bride, Priya Sachdey (who ever said a
man couldn’t have it all). The wedding took place on February 18th,
2006 and is known as one of the most luxurious weddings ever in all of
India. Bill Clinton was on the guest list along with many other
well-known, high-powered people. The wedding took place over 10 days and
was spread across 3 cities in India (Mumbai, Udaipur, and Delhi). There
were 600 guests from 26 countries who were all retrieved for the event
on chartered jets.
03. Miss Yugoslavia Aleksandra Kokotovic and Andrey Melnichenko ($30 million)
Wedding Date: September 3, 2005
Location: Cote d’Azur, France
Highlights: Christina Aguilera and Whitney Houston were each paid
$3.6 million to perform at the wedding. A lot of vodka and caviar.
02. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Princess Salama ($44.5 million)
Highlights: His extraction built a stadium big ample to hold 20,000
people for the juncture, which lasted an astounding seven days. A three
months of a century later, it is in addition listed as the most
up-market wedding in the Guinness Register of World Records.
Sheikh Mohammed parkway his horse to every village and fed everybody.
The entire city was in praising for 30 days in the presence of the
marriage. There hasn’t been an result like it since.
Sorry guys, but for safety, I am not going to post photos of Sheikh Maktoum. :)
01. Vanisha Mittal & Amit Bhatia ($78 million)
(Bhatia is the grandson of London socialites, Pasha and Kamal Saigal.
Mittal is the daughter of London steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, the fourth
wealthiest man in the world.)
Wedding Date: November 18, 2004
Location: Vaux le Vicomte, a 17th-century French chateau
Number of Guests: 1,000
Highlights:
Vanisha's wedding was in a word most
expensive, gorgeous and lavish. It was continuing more than six days at a
stretch. At least 1000 guests were invited to that occasion where a number of
richest people, pop stars, singers, world's celebrities, business tycoons,
industrialists were present.
The attendance of some Bollywood stars - Aishwarya
Rai, Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherjee and pop star
Kylie Minogue brought some special features in it.
The marriage ceremony featured
various programs such as Engagement party, Mehendi ceremony,
wedding sangeet, Indian marriage song etc.
The engagement program was held at the well
known palace- Grand Versailles (once it was used for Louis XIV) and the glory
entertained program was arranged at the Jardin des Tuileries.
The bridal outfits were designed by Indian
top designers like Tarun Tahiliani and Suneet Verma.
Vanisha's parents - Mittal and Usha -
promised their daughter to give a surprise. And they really kept their words
arranging such a function. Gold and diamond jewelry, fashionable bridal
apparel, luxurious hotel, transportation and heavy dinner were some of the
features that made wedding exclusive, attractive and really spectacular.
The invitation letter of Vanisha's wedding could
give you another surprise. Each of the cards distributed among close friends
and the relatives contained 20 pages. It was put in a silver box with romantic
poems written by Mittal's family member.
To join the Vanisha Mittal's wedding from
India to France, 12 Boeing jets were hired for the guests. As part of making
the ceremony memorable, the hotel was decorated with full of enjoyment.
There was a special arrangement for female
guests. They were asked to paint their hands with henna (known as mehendi in
India) and received luxurious bags.
More than 10,000 flowers, 45 professional
cooks and a grand wedding cake were some other features in that occasion.
A performance by Kylie Minogue the pop singer was the high-lighted
attraction to the event.
100 different dishes were prepared by a top
Calcutta Chef and the wine cost $1.5 million.
Weddings
are a happy time for all, especially for the guests who were
able to attend the top ten most expensive weddings in history. But the
thing is, cost and amount that you will spend doesn't matter, as long as
you know that the person you are going to marry is the same person you
want to spend your life with, waking up each morning beside each others' arms... +_+
Tomorrow, we will talk about the most ambitious, flamboyant, and most famous wedding gowns, ever!
Part 6: Go, Wedding Gowns, Go!
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