Life of the Rich and Famous: The Most Extravagant Celebrity Weddings

When you’re rich and famous, money is no object on your wedding day. For celebrities, this means destination venues, saying their “I dos” at castles, spending thousands on flowers and wedding dresses, and flying in entertainment. Having a celebration that everyone talks about for years comes with a high price tag and no expense was spared for these A-listers’ big days. We’re talking about weddings that cost millions of dollars. Two celebrity couples spent a whopping $10 million and one bride had a $3.5 million wedding gown! Can you guess who these couples were? Keep reading to find out what million-dollar weddings look like! open next page to continue reading.... Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra We were all surprised when Jonas Brothers’ Nick Jonas and Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra got engaged just two months after dating in August 2018. From November 29 to December 3, the couple had a multi-day celebration, including two wedding ceremonies, and no expense was spared. E! News estimated that the wedding cost $800,000, while Brides and Refinery 29 put the event at $584,000. The stunning bride wore many different dresses that tied her Indian culture with Western influences. One of them was a custom-made Ralph Lauren gown that was hand-beaded and hand-embroidered with 2,380,000 mother of pearl sequins and eight different words and phrases that were important to the bride. The dress took 1,826 hours to create and the veil was 75 feet long! Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat and Others React to Losing Blue Check Verification on TwitterKeep Watching Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston One of the biggest celebrity weddings of the millennium was without a doubt Brad and Jen’s July 2000 event. According to Forbes, the event cost $1 million. So, what did the million-dollar wedding include? The Malibu wedding venue overlooked the Pacific Ocean and 200 guests were in attendance including all of the Friends cast. And as if the view wasn’t breathtaking enough, Pitt ordered 50,000 roses, tulips, lotus flowers, and wisteria so the estate would look like a Zen garden. As for the dress, Aniston wore a glass-beaded, low back gown by Lawrence Steele. The reception was definitely over-the-top and included a 40-person gospel choir, a lobster meal, champagne, and a performance from Mellissa Etheridge. The newlyweds ended the night with a 13-minute firework show. David and Victoria Beckham Victoria and David Beckham are pretty much British royalty and the couple’s wedding is just further proof. They wed at Luttrellstown Castle in July 1999 and Posh wore a silk pleated Vera Wang ballgown with a 20-foot train, finishing the look with an 18K-gold tiara. The ceremony had just 29 guests in attendance and was complete with rose petals and sliver birch trees. When the couple said their “I dos” a dove was released and a flag flown above the castle reading V. B. D.—for Victoria, Brooklyn, and David. For the lavish reception, which had 230 guests including the Spice Girls, the newlyweds changed into the now iconic purple outfits and sat on gold thrones for the night. open next page to continue reading.... The BBC reported that the wedding cost around $800,000 and Brides estimated that Victoria’s dress alone was $100,000! Sir Elton John and David Furnish After spending over two decades together and nine years after they had a civil partnership ceremony, Sir Elton John and David Furnish tied the knot at Elton’s home in Windsor in December 2014. To celebrate their union, 600 guests were in attendance including David and Victoria Beckham, Donatella Versace, Sharon Stone, Elizabeth Hurley, Hugh Grant, and Ed Sheeran. The reception featured tables displayed with giant red rose centerpieces and guests drank luxury drinks including Pouilly-Fume 2009, which goes for around $75 a bottle and Laurent-Perrier Rose champagne, which retails for between $50 to $100 per bottle. All together, Forbes estimates that the lavish affair cost between $1.5 million to $2 million. Eddie Murphy and Nicole Mitchell Actor Eddie Murphy and model Nicole Mitchell tied the knot at the New York Plaza Hotel in March 1993 with no expense spared. Forbes estimated that the wedding cost around $1.5 million. 500 guests attended the event, including Bruce Willis, Queen Latifah, Arsenio Hall, Stevie Wonder, Sugar Ray Leonard, Prince, and Bill Murray. The couple held their reception in the Plaza’s Grand Ballroom and they made the room extra special by recarpeting it in white and filling it with rose trees, tulips, lilacs, gardenias, and orchids as well as hanging hundreds of disco lights from the ceiling. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are one of Hollywood’s power couples and at their November 2000 wedding, they were among some of the brightest stars in the industry. Their star-studded event was held at New York’s Plaza Hotel and the guest list included Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Steven Spielberg, Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Tom Hanks. Jimmy Buffett, Art Garfunkel, Gladys Knight, and Bonnie Tyler performed. E reports that the total cost of the wedding was around $1.5 million, which included Zeta-Jones' $140,000 hand-beaded Christina Lacroix gown, her $300,000 diamond tiara, and a $7,000 10-tier wedding cake. Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky Iconic Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor spared no expense for her eighth and final wedding to Larry Fortensky in October 1991. The wedding of the year was held at Michael Jackson’s 2,700-acre Neverland Ranch in California. According to People, Jackson paid for most of the $1.5 million wedding. Jackson served as host and he gave away the bride who wore a $25,000 Valentino yellow gown to marry the construction worker. And the guest list was just as extravagant as the venue, with 160 in attendance including Liza Minnelli, Eddie Murphy, Diane von Furstenberg, and former first lady Nancy Reagan. To give the venue a snowy vibe, hundreds of birch trees lined the walls, the tables were set with silk cloths and white organdy overlays that were lined with faux fur, there were floral centerpieces, and chandeliers with crystal strands made the room glow. Madonna and Guy Ritchie Madonna and Guy Ritchie went all out for their December 2000 wedding, which came with a $2.1 million price tag according to The Mirror. The couple wed at Skibo Castle in Scotland and they booked all 21 rooms of the 7,000-acre estate for guests to stay at. The guest list didn’t disappoint with stars including Sting and his wife Trudie Styler, George Clooney, Rupert Everett, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Brad Pitt.* The “Material Girl”, being the fashion icon she was, wore an $80,000 strapless silk Stella McCartney gown according to Business Insider. Forbes reported that she accessorized the gown with a 1910 diamond tiara, which was worn by Princess Grace of Monaco. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will forever be known as Kimye and the couple said their vows in an extragenetic wedding in May 2014 at Forte di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. And we’d expect nothing less after Kanye proposed to Kim with a 15-carat Lorraine Schwartz ring. On the day of the wedding, guests were flown from Paris to Florence via two private jets and a surprise performer by the name of Andrea Bocelli sang as Kim walked down the aisle. Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman It comes as no surprise that a pop star and music executive would get married—right? Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman tied the knot in November 2005 at an estate Napa Valley and according to Forbes, the winter-wonderland-themed wedding cost around $2 million.

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