Think you had the Perfect Wedding? Check out these Million Dollar “I Do’s”: Top 10 Most Expensive Weddings of All Time
From dresses to venues to catering and more, weddings can be one of the most expensive endeavors in a couple’s lives. In fact, the cost to tie the knot in America costs an average of $32,000. Though spending that much money on one singular day may sound trivial to some, $32,000 is nearly 1/16 of what some of the world’s rich and famous have dished out for their lavish weddings. Here are the top ten most expensive weddings of all time according to The Wedding Vision:
10. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, 2014 Cost: $20 million
Key features: - performances by John Legend and Lana Del Ray - ceremony in a 16th century Florentine fortress - a custom Givenchy Haute Couture gown, costing nearly half a million dollars
9. Petra Ecclestone and James Hunt, 2011 Cost: $21 million
Key Features: - medieval Italy town closed down just for them - performances by Black Eyed Peas ($2.5 Million) and David Guetta - Vera Wang gown ($1.3 million) - an acrobatic and a fireworks display
8. Sanjay Hinduja and Anu Mahtani, 2015 Cost: $23 million
Key Features:
- 200 private jets chartered - pre-wedding party at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel - performances by Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Scherzinger - ceremony in Jagmandir Island Palace in Udaipur, India
7. Angela Yeung and Huang Xiaoming, 2015 Cost: $31 million
Key Features:
- pre-wedding photo shoot in Paris featuring multiple couture gowns - ten foot carousel wedding cake - mobile phone wedding favors
6. Kate Middleton and Prince William, 2011 Cost: $36 million
Key Features: - security totaling $32 million, leaving $2 million for the actual wedding - Alexander McQueen gown - performance by Ellie Goulding 5. Andrei Melnichenko and Aleksandra Kokotovic, 2005 Cost: $37 million
Key Features: - performances by Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera - on the Cote d’Azur in France
4. Vanish Mittal and Amit Bhatia, 2005 Cost: $74 million
Key Features: - invitations mailed in silver boxes including plane tickets and five-star Paris hotel rooms - a wooden castle built just for the wedding - performances by Kylie Minogue and Shah Rukh Khan - designer gift bags with jewels for their 1,000 guests
3. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Princess Salama, 1981 Cost: $119 million
Key Features:
- a seven day affair - a stadium constructed for their 20,000 wedding guests - gifts delivered to bride from groom throughout the week by 20 camels decked out in jewels - the couple visited the towns of their country on horseback with food and other goods for their people
2. Prince Charles and Lady Diana, 1981 Cost: $127 million
Key Features: - 27 cakes that took 14 weeks to prepare - at least 30,000 guests at the ceremony - more than 700 million televised viewers and two million spectators for the wedding parade, which included a glass coach for the wedding couple
1. Khadija Uzhakhovs and Said Gutseriev, 2016 Cost: $1 billion
Key Features:
- performances from Jennifer Lopez, Sting and Enrique Iglesias - custom made dress by Eli Saab worth over $25,000 and weighing 28 pound due to all of the embellishments - jewel box wedding favors - fireworks display - upscale Moscow wedding venue with just about every inch covered with flowers and lights