Most expensive weddings ot the world

93% of couples plan to live together, or are already doing so, prior to their wedding. 5% of couples in the UK will sign a pre-nuptual agreement (7% of Scottish couples,6% of Londoners, 5% of Welsh couples and 2% of those in the Midlands and North/North East). the prop stop • photo booth www.thepropstophooth.com 29 31 The average The average age to get married for age to get married for 44% a bride is 29 a groom is 31 3% of Brides in East Anglia spend most on grooms will not She 10 most expensive weddings of all time wear a wedding ring flowers, at £750, spending 44% more $(00 million than the 1) Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum & UK aver- age spend of £520 Princess Salama (The Emir of Dubai) - 34 private jets flew in 20,000 guests. An amphitheatre for 20,000 people was built for the 7 day event. $78 million $30 million 2) Vanisha Mittal & Amit Bhatia (Daughter of billionaire steel-magnate Lakshmi Mittal.) - Those invited were sent plane tickets and rooms at a 5 star Paris 3) Aleksandra Nikolic Melnichenko & Andrey Melnichenko (Russion billionaire and Serbian model) - The couple were married in the Cote D'Azur in France where it's rimoured that a church was dismantled and rebuilt for the ceremony. Performers included Whitney Houston, Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias and Christina Aguilera who were reportedly paid $3.5 million each to perform. hotel. Kylie Minogue was one of the performers and the 1000 guests drank up a wine tab of $1.5 million. $20 million $/5 million $7 million 4) Priya Sachdev & Vikram Chatwal (Model, actor and former 5) Colleen Mclaughlin & Wayne Rooney (Man Utd and England Footballer and television 6) Delphine Arnault & Alessandro Vallarino Gancia investment banker) - 600 guests from 26 different countries were (Daughter of LVMH founder Bernard Arnault & Heir to presenter/product endorser) - flown in on chartered jets for the couple's lavish 10 day celebration. Celebrations took place in three Indian cities Mumbai, Udaipur, and Delhi. Guests included Bill Clinton, Naomi Campbell, and P. Diddy. Guests were flown in by private jet to a 24 hour celebration that took place on a$120 million yacht. The dress is reported to have cost $3 million and pop group Westlife performed at the reception. Gancia, an Italian dynasty of wines) - The wedding was named 2005's wedding of the year, the dress was designed by John Galliano for Dior and the ceremony which was held in the Cote D'Azur was decorated by 5000 white roses. $5 million $3.5 million $3 million $2.5 million 7) Chelsea Clinton & Marc Mezvinsky (Daughter of President Bill Clinton 8) Liza Minnelli & David Gest (Pop star and music producer) - About 500 service staff were 9) Heather Mills & Paul McCartney (Former model and member of 10) Eizabeth Hurley & Arun Nayer (Actress and Model and Textle heir) An 8 day wedding that began in Gloucestershire and finished in Jodhpur, India. The bride was The Beatles) - An Indian themed wedding at St. Salvador's church in and Investment hired to serve the 850 Banker) - the wedding included guests that featured best man Michael Monaghan, Ireland. 300 guests celebrated in a castle that was rented for $40.000 and decorated with $145,000 worth of flowers and $150,000 worth of fireworks. The an $11.000 cake, a Vera Wang wedding Jackson and maid of given away by Sir Elton honor Elizabeth Taylor. Their entertainment John and some of her guests included Donatela Versace, and dress and was held in $600.000 air conditioned tents. A large portion of the budget was spent on security. consisted of a 60-piece orchestra, Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, and Nataie Cole. The Evelyn Lauder. They paid $300.000 for private jets and over $100.000 for accommodations. couple reportedly spent $700.000 for flowers and $40. 000 for their 6-foot, 12-tier wedding cake. Couple spent their wedding night on a $20 million yacht. including the $10.000-a-night bridal suite in India. But you can haoe a really cheap wedding if you go to Thepropstophooth.com'