Lavish Wedding
How
lavish should your wedding be?
To answer this question, let's first define what we mean by "lavish wedding." The average
wedding in the US costs about $30,000, so anything above that could be "lavish"
to some, but not in Hollywood.
In Hollywood, a lavish wedding would only start at about $1 million. That's
what Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt spent on their 2000 wedding. Eddie
Murphy spent double that in today's dollars when he wed Nicole Mitchell in 1993, perhaps after picking up a
few tips from attending Elizabeth Taylor's $2 million 1991 nuptial to Larry Fortensky - her
eighth to her seventh husband (she married and divorced Richard Burton twice).
In 2002,
Paul McCartney
spent $3 million to marry Heather Mills, a little less than what Liza Minnelli and
David Gest spent across the pond for their nuptial the same year, complete
with a 60-piece orchestra and a 12-tier cake. But even that pales when compared to the most lavish wedding in recent years.
In 2004, the
Indian steel king Lakshmi Mittal hosted a 5-day, mother-of-all-weddings across Europe for 1,200 guests to witness his daughter,
Vanisha Mittal marry Amit Bhatia, a young banker. The
receptions were held among other places, the Battle Gallery of Chateau de
Versailles (above) in France and the final bill came to $75 million.
So, back to our question - how much should you spend on your wedding?
That depends on your perspective. Please
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if you believe your wealth is all yours, and
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