A wedding is more than just a celebration of love.
Here are the most over-the-top weddingsever.
The bride was blushing in anAlexander McQueen gown that cost over $400K.
Approximately$800K worth of flowersadorned Westminster Abbey.
Considering the couple had aguest list of 1,900, lots of security was needed.
And that was just the global television audience.
Nearly 15 years later,the royal couple divorcedin 1996.Diana would diein a car crash the following year.
Zeta-Jones wore a form-fitting gown designed by Christian Lacroix.
It’s estimated that the wedding cost $1.5 million.
Kris and Kim’s August 20, 2011 wedding was filmed for E!, andaired the following October.
Kim had several wardrobe changes all of which, were custom Vera Wang gowns.
The pairwas married for 72 daysbefore the bride filed fordivorce.
The wedding took place at a16th-century fortress, and the couple honeymooned in Paris.
The wedding, not including the honeymoon,cost $2.8 millionand wasjam-packed with celebrities.
Kim’s brother, Rob Kardashian,skipped the wedding, asdid Anna Wintour, andJay Z and Beyonce.
And,three years later, Kimye is still going strong!
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Ah, TomKat.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were married on November 18, 2006 at Odescalchi Castle a former 15th-century armory.
Guests enjoyedcandlelit ambience, as the couple wed, both in Armani.
Katie had two custom gowns created by the famous designer, onecovered in Swarovski crystals.
Less than six years later,the pair split.
(They got the party started withan engagement celebrationat, oh, The Palace of Versailles).
Mehndi artists were flown in, as were set decorators.
Decorationsincluded fiberglass elephants, minarets and lots and lots of pink.
The wedding took placeat a castlein Glaslough, Ireland.
Mills designed her off-white dress herself, and herbouquet contained11 pink McCartney roses, named after her beau.
Mills and McCartney later divorced in 2008, in what was alsoa shockingly expensive event.
Guests included Donald Trump, Sir Anthony Hopkins, and a number of other celebrities.
Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson served in the bridal party.
With a 36-member bridal party, the grandaffair cost $3.5 million.
Sixteen months after the wedding, the couple filed for divorce,finalizing it in 2007.
Gestpassed away in 2016.
The bridewore Marchesaand arrived at the ceremony in a luxury yacht.
The couplehas since had three sonsand are two of the UK’s favorite celebrities.
Khadija Uzhakhovs and Said Gutseriev
A billion dollars for a wedding?
When Said Gutseriev and Khadija Uzhakhovswed at Safisa Restaurantin Moscow, the sky was the limit.
With a600-person guest list, the couple wanted the day to be unforgettable.
The wedding favors were inscribed gold boxes to provide a forever keepsake for the opulent event.
Or, in some cases, days?
Here’s hoping the sparkle lasts for a lifetime.
