The wedding is one of the most precious occasions of one’s life and that’s why everyone wants to make it more and more special. Almost 30,000 bucks are spent on an average American wedding. But, some lucky folks are also there who are privileged enough to spend more than this cost and make a history with their extravagant nuptials and spectacular celebrations. Here is a list of Top Five Most Expensive Weddings in history.
1. Vanisha Mittal and Amit Bhatia
The wedding of Vanisha Mittal & Amit Bhatia, which held on Nov. 18, 2004 at the 17th century, Vaux le Vicomte, France, outshined all other weddings with its unique and very expensive celebrations. The five-day long wedding celebrations featured 1000 guests from all around the world. Hundred different dishes were brewed by a professional Calcutta Chef and the wine which was presented to the attendants cost $1.5 million. Moreover, the event also featured exclusive performances by Kylie Minogue and Shah Rukh Khan. Â This $78 million wedding is recorded as the most expensive nuptial ever.
2. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Princess Salama
The Arabs really know how to have a wedding party and especially the ruler of Dubai who married Princess Salama in 1981. The wedding earned a place in the Forbes list of “Billionaire Weddings.†One of the most exclusive features of this $44.5 million wedding was a sprawling stadium that was built only for entertaining the 20,000 invitees of the wedding. The celebrations lasted for seven days.
3. Andrey Melnichenko and Aleksandra Kokotovic
Third on the list of top five most expensive weddings is of Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko married model Aleksandra Kokotovich which held at Cote d’Azur of France in 2005. The lavish $30 million nuptial had a star studded guest list. The ceremony featured exclusive performances by singers Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera. Both the singers were paid $3.6 million each for their performances.
4. Vikram Chatwal and Priva Sachdey
Vikram Chatwal and Priya Sachdev’s married in a $20 million ceremony. The celebration lasted for ten days. Almost 600 guests from across the world attended this lavish wedding that was spread across 3 cities in India. The most famous invitees of the occasion were P.Diddy and Bill Clinton.
5. Wayne Rooney & Coleen McLoughlin
Rooney spent $15 million on his wedding to McLoughlin. They tied the knoot on June 12, 2008, in Villa Durazzo. 64 guests attended the luxurious ceremony that lasted for five days and all of them retrieved for the event on five private jets. All these things bring this wedding on the list of top five most expensive weddings. However, the thing about the wedding which was very odd was that the guests were served only pizza at the reception.
Top Five Most Expensive Weddings
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