Weddings are one of the most important points in life, so it is not surprising that most people spend huge amounts of money on their organization. Weddings are considered a once-in-a-lifetime event, but for many couples, this is unfortunately not the case. If you remember the times of our great-grandparents, few of them spent so much money on wedding ceremonies. There was a time when people wanted a simple ceremony to celebrate their love for each other in a circle of close friends, and not to show everyone their financial status, which is especially true for people on this moment especially for celebrities. It seems that people are trying to spend as much money on their wedding as possible.

The prices of everything in the world are rising every year, which makes life itself much more expensive, however, there are people who can afford to arrange such luxurious and absurdly expensive weddings. Unless you're a celebrity, royalty, or mogul, it's safe to say that you probably won't spend millions on your wedding. On average, a typical wedding costs between $5,000 and $30,000. However, there are people willing to spend millions of dollars on their special day.

Below are the ten most expensive wedding ceremonies in history:

10. Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky - $2.5 million

Elizabeth and Larry's 1991 wedding was an event that took place at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch with 160 guests. The wedding became a large-scale gathering of celebrities. Guests included Eddie Murphy, Nancy Reagan, Quincy Jones, Macaulay Culkin and Liza Minnelli. Because of such an extensive collection of celebrities, the paparazzi hovered over the ranch in helicopters. Jackson took on the role of the father of the bride. Taylor's wedding dress was a gift from Valentino and cost $25,000. this couple lasted five years.

9. Paul McCartney and Heather Mills - $3 million


McCartney and Mills turned down millions of dollars from the tabloids who were trying to get into the wedding. They got married in 2002. ceremony in indian style was held in Ireland at Castle Leslie in the village of Glaslough. The couple invited guests to a $145,000 vegetarian buffet with dancers, fireworks and flowers. The rent of the castle itself cost the couple $40,000. Ringo, George and Paul took the stage to perform the song "Heather" written by McCartney.

8. Liza Minnelli and David Gest - $3.5 million


Lisa and David got married in 2002 in a luxurious wedding ceremony, as you would expect from a flamboyant star. Their wedding consisted of a huge number of guests, 850 to be exact. It took place at the New York Regent Hotel. Celebrities in attendance included Diana Ross, Donny Osmond and Mia Farrow. Not to mention that the bride was brought to the altar by Michael Jackson, and the guest of honor was Elizabeth Taylor. Unfortunately, Lisa and David's marriage only lasted 16 months.

7. Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky - $5 million


The daughter of a former US president and her husband Mark married in 2010 and celebrated their special day with 400 guests and family members in a small upstate New York town called Rhinebeck. The bride wore Vera Wang, who was also a guest, and Bill and Hillary wore Oscar de la Renta. Despite the fact that their guest list was quite extensive, there were few celebrities on it, in contrast to a significant number of congressmen. Despite rumors that the couple were considering divorce in 2012, Chelsea and Mark are still happily married.

6. Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin - $8 million

Manchester United footballer Rooney married his high school sweetheart in 2008. The ceremony was small and was attended by only eight people, as well as several journalists from the magazine, which offered the couple $2.5 million to take photos of the couple. It took place in two stages, the first part of the festivities took place in a 330-year-old villa with a Louis 16th chandelier and continued at the Riviera resort called Santa Margherita Ligure in a 17th century villa. Family members were brought to the resort in a private jet, while the bride arrived at the resort on a luxury yacht.

5. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries - $10 million

Kardashian married Humphreys in 2011 in an overly lavish ceremony that was eager to be covered by every major magazine and TV channel. The ceremony cost $10 million, but the couple spent almost no money on the wedding, as E! News, which filmed the wedding and showed it live, captured the attention of a record number of viewers, namely 10 million people. The couple received about $ 18 million for the sale of the rights to their wedding photos. Despite the fact that they themselves paid almost nothing for their own wedding, no one paid for their expenses for lawyers during a divorce. The couple's marriage was one of the shortest in history, lasting only 72 days.

4. Prince William and Kate Middleton - $34 million


The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is arguably the biggest event in a decade. The couple tied the knot in 2011 at the historic Westminster Abbey. The ceremony, which was televised, was watched by an estimated 2 billion people from around the world. There were three guest lists in total. The first list included 1900 people invited to the ceremony, the second list included approximately 600 people invited to dinner in Buckingham Palace, well, the third list consisted of 300 guests who were present at a dinner given by the Prince of Wales.

3. Lady Diana and Prince Charles - $48 million


Lady Diana and Prince Charles married in 1981 and their wedding was the most anticipated royal wedding in history. It has been called the "wedding of the century". Approximately 750 million people have watched it worldwide. The wedding ceremony took place at St Paul's Cathedral in London and was attended by 3,500 guests. Two million people lined the streets of London to watch Lady Diana as she rode in a glass-walled carriage towards the cathedral. After the ceremony, only 120 guests were invited to the reception at Buckingham Palace. The relationship between Lady Diana and Prince Charles often became the main topic of the yellow press throughout their marriage. Their marriage lasted 11 years. They began to live separately in 1992 and divorced in 1996.

2. Vanisha Mittal and Amit Bhatia - $60 million


Vanisha and Amit got married in 2004. Celebrations in honor of their marriage continued for six days in a 16th-century castle called Versailles (Palace of Versailles), as well as in a temporary wooden castle. The family invited 1,000 guests from all over the world and flew them on private jets to France. The invitations alone were absurdly pretentious. They were sent in silver boxes and included tickets for private flights and room numbers in five-star hotels in Paris. The bonbonnieres included gift bags filled with precious stones. Dinner was prepared by chefs specially brought from India. The culmination of the celebration was the performance of singer Kylie Minogue to the accompaniment of fireworks at the Eiffel Tower.

1. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Princess Salama - $100 million


Sheikh Mohammed and Princess Salama married in 1981. They had one of the most expensive and extravagant weddings in the world. The festivities continued for seven days. In addition, a stadium with a capacity of 20,000 seats was built specifically for the wedding. The newlyweds traveled on horseback to all the cities located in the Emirates and distributed food and gifts to the people of their country. The groom bought 20 camels for the wedding, decorated with luxurious precious stones, and brought gifts to his future bride on them.

November 5, 2003 married couple from Taiwan, who lived together for 85 years, was officially recognized as the oldest couple in the world. The record set by 103-year-old Lee Yung-Yang and 102-year-old Yang Wang, who were married in April 1917, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The previous record was set by an American couple who lived together for 83 years.

The biggest dowry

The owner of the largest dowry was Elena Patiño, daughter of Don Simon Iturbi Patiño, a Bolivian multimillionaire. In 1929, he gave her £8 million in a will. And the total amount of the legacy he left was estimated at 125 million pounds.

Longest engagement ever

Octavio Gullen and Adriana Martinez have been engaged for 67 years. They entered into a marriage union in 1969 in Mexico City, when they were 82 years old.

The biggest lover to marry

The man recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest lover of marriage is Glynn "Scotty" Wolfe. Wolfe had 19 children from 29 marriages. His longest marriage lasted 7 years, the shortest - 36 hours. When Wolfe died of a heart attack, none of his ex-wives claimed the body.

longest divorce ever

An application has been submitted to the Guinness Book of Records for registration as the longest divorce proceedings: filing a divorce from Miami residents Sisi and Frank Fentermann. It took them thirty-seven years. It all started with the fact that two years after the marriage, the wife caught Frank in treason, kicked him out of their posh house and filed a lawsuit for divorce. But mutual property claims of the spouses began. They went to court hundreds of times, but each time either the husband or the wife did not agree to the conditions put forward by the other side.
As a result, both parties spent a fortune on legal fees and lawyers' fees, but the desire to annoy each other turned out to be more important for them. And only now, when both of them are over sixty and have practically no valuable property left to share, former spouses agreed to file a divorce without mutual material claims and signed all the necessary documents.

New Casanova

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the absolute record for marriages is held by Giovanni Villotto from the United States. Under 50 names, this Casanova managed to officially register relations with 104 gullible women.

The oldest newlyweds

The most "oldest newlyweds" in the world are 94-year-old Frenchwoman Madeleine Francino and her 96-year-old compatriot Francois Fernandez.

The largest number of diamonds in a ring

Its name is "Dance of the Angel" and ... it contains 837 diamonds! This miracle is the work of Kyiv masters. However, the name of the owner of this masterpiece is not disclosed. Rumor has it that this is a very famous woman.

The smallest wedding ring in the world

It was made already in 1544 for the famous Mary Stuart and presented to her at the age of two.

The most expensive wedding cake in the world

This culinary masterpiece was created in one of the confectionery chains in Beverly Hills. The cost of this sweet was 20 million dollars! And all because the cake was studded with real diamonds! Of course, beautiful stones are not the most delicious food, which is why the cake was surrounded by a number of guards. As a result, not a diamond was missing from the most expensive wedding treat in the world!

World's largest wedding cake

Made in the Dutch city of Ommen. Its height was 18 meters and 5 centimeters. And this is as much as 5 meters more than the previous record holder. This "biscuit monster" was created by 75 people, having spent several months preparing the production. Although this is understandable, because its total weight was more than 5 tons!

World's largest vegan wedding cake

Was created in Kyiv. Not a single egg was used to make it! The dimensions of the delicacy were impressive: height - 2.5 meters, length - 7.9, width - 3.7 meters, and weight - 1.7 tons. It took the creators a week and a half to bake this miracle, and a whole day to put all the ingredients together. However, they ate it very quickly - in less than an hour, not a crumb was left of the cake!

The longest veil

Eva Hofbauer from Austria, immediately after the wedding got into the Guinness Book of Records. After leaving the church, more than 880 schoolchildren carried the train of her veils! The length was 2812.55 meters! I wonder if these same schoolchildren were tired, because the weight of the veil was 130 kilograms.

The history of Mary Truffle began in 2013, when Natalya Platonova and Alexandra Meteleva thought about opening a wedding dress salon.

Of course, there were already many wedding shops in Moscow, but the concept of Mary Truffle was fundamentally different.

The salon was supposed to be a cozy and atmospheric place where the bride can choose what really suits her in a relaxed atmosphere. And also, so that the consultants do not press, it was convenient to measure, and during the fitting, the visitors did not embarrass the bride, looking at the outfit....

It turned out that this concept is close to many newlyweds. So soon after the opening of the first salon - a small one, just for one fitting room - the second one was opened, near the Novoslobodskaya metro station. True, when the registration in both stores lasted for several weeks, it became obvious: two salons are not enough. It was decided to open a truly large bridal salon.

A new salon "Mary Truffle" was opened on Kutuzovsky Prospekt. Today it is the largest in Moscow - 500 sq. meters of wedding dresses. There are like outfits of talented Russian designers, and models of famous European fashion houses.

In the updated assortment of 2016, elegant dresses Daria Carlosi, Natalia Bovykina, Oksana Mukha, Natalia Romanova and Tatyana Kaplun, playful outfits by Lanest and the Belfaso fashion house, romantic images of Nora Naviano and Naviblu Bridal, airy Dream & Dress models, European-style stylish Areamo Bridal.

All 2,000 dresses are displayed directly on the sales floor. Coming to the salon, the bride sees the entire range!

Everything is like in the theater!

A suitable room was found only by the summer of 2016. They searched for a long time. I wanted to make it convenient to get to the salon both by car and by car. public transport. The footage was also of fundamental importance. We needed at least 500 sq. meters. It was planned to place 2,000 dresses, accessories, waiting areas and fitting rooms on this square.

Podiums and backstage helped create the effect of free space, while maintaining privacy and intimacy. Ordinary fitting rooms do not allow demonstrating all the beauty and showiness of the dress, so after dressing the consultant takes the bride to a special podium and pulls back the curtains. Almost like being in a theater! Why not? After all, the bride on the day of fitting wedding dress feels at least like a princess!

The new salon has 10 podiums. Of these, 8 are permanently involved and 2 are in reserve. One of the podiums is royal. The designer added a little to the main tone yellow color to make the atmosphere more joyful and sunny. The remaining podiums are solved in dark colors. This was done on purpose, because it is on a dark background that you can best see how the dress sits on the figure, where to reduce or vice versa, add.

In the hall with dresses, you can immediately pick up everything you need for a complete look. Accessories, veils, shoes, jewelry - there is everything for every taste and budget.

Decor and design

A lot of attention was paid to decor and design. The walls were decorated with photos of brides who bought dresses in the salon, from Instagram. Many girls are delighted to recognize their friends in the photo - the world is small! A vintage piano of the 19th century creates a special charm. It was presented by friends at the opening of the first salon. Now it has become a kind of mascot "Mary Truffle".

One of the waiting areas was turned into a tiny cafe with free homemade cakes, tea, coffee and delicious cocoa. Only 2 tables and 6-7 chairs. Appropriate place in order to discuss the nuances of the purchase in a calm comfortable atmosphere, without hurrying and without embarrassment of other guests of the salon. For a cup of coffee, the brides are also waiting for their turn, who arrived a little earlier than the appointed time for fitting.

In the new salon "Mary Truffle" every bride will find a special outfit in which only she will be herself. beautiful bride! Sign up for a fitting and come for the very romantic or daring, delicate or luxurious - your wedding dress.

The biggest the wedding cake - records set in the preparation of a popular dessert - cake.

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It is no secret that people in our time strive not only to cook delicious meals and feed loved ones with soul and love. Many culinary specialists also want to become world famous for their skills and get into the Guinness Book of Records in one way or another. The easiest of them is to cook the largest dish in terms of volume. This requires a lot of effort from the chefs, but the fame is worth it. Cooks spend hundreds of eggs, tens of kilograms of flour and huge quantities other products to not only cook your signature dish, but also feed everyone. And, of course, to become famous all over the world.

Every now and then, ordinary people can hear about this or that chef who has gained recognition and fame for himself by preparing, for example, the world's largest cake.

famous cakes

As a rule, most often culinary specialists choose this particular dessert as their personal record. Probably because there are a lot of sweet teeth in the world, and most likely, they are even among the strict judges who decide their future fate.

Recently, there are more and more records regarding the preparation of cakes. Chefs from all over the world excel not only in their skill and ability to cook a masterpiece, but also strive to create a masterpiece that will remain in memory. ordinary people. What are all kinds of desserts made from cream, chocolate, berries and other delicious ingredients. Chefs from all over the world do not skimp on the amount of consumables to cook something unique. For example, in China, chefs prepared the world's largest ice cream cake, the length of which was as much as 4.8 meters, and this cake weighed 8 tons! Indian chefs decided to compete with Chinese chefs and prepared the world's highest cake (9.75 meters), which, by the way, took 15 days to prepare. Not everyone could taste this masterpiece, but it will remain in the memory of the sweet tooth for sure for a long time!

It is noteworthy that not only cooks strive to get into the Guinness Book of Records. This is also what ordinary people want, who invent various ways get your "piece" of glory. For example, many newlyweds dream of surprising guests at the wedding. And for this they order not just birthday cake, they want to amaze with the scope and size of this delicacy.

The world's largest wedding cakes

As you know, a wedding cake is an obligatory and integral part of the celebration, and everyone represents something multi-layered, beautiful and airy. Although in reality this is not so common and is not an easy task for chefs, since the cake consists of perishable products. And if there are not enough guests at the wedding, then all efforts will be in vain. However, this does not stop fans of large-scale and spectacular events. For them, the cake is an indicator of luxury and wealth, and the more impressive it is in volume, the more impressive it looks.

Until 2003, the largest wedding cake was considered to be a giant dedicated to the well-known cartoon about Shrek and Fiona. The cake consisted of five layers, weighed 2420 kilograms, and reached a height of 6.7 meters. This chic confectionery was decorated with white cream patterns and figurines of the bride and groom. However, just a couple of years later, this record was broken by confectioners from the United States, who created a masterpiece that weighed no less than 6 tons. Thus, they showed not only their culinary skills, but also their great diligence. The seven-story creation of culinary specialists from the Mohegun Sun casino was crowned with beautiful figurines of hearts and arrows. For its preparation, it took 4540 kilograms of biscuit, 2180 kilograms of cream and glaze with vanilla and almond flavor. In order to cut such a cake, the guests also had to work hard climbing the lift. This cake could feed 59 thousand people, but the banquet was attended by a much smaller number of people. Needless to say, this feast not only hit the headlines of all American newspapers, but gained worldwide fame.

It turns out that in order to get into the Guinness Book of Records, it is not at all necessary to have any unique skill in any area. You just need to have tremendous diligence, endurance and believe in success. This is what helped chefs and confectioners from all over the world create their multi-ton masterpieces and surprise everyone else!

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Modern realities are such that more and more newlyweds do not want to turn their own wedding into a luxurious feast with pretentious pomposity, but prefer to celebrate the event in a narrow family circle. At the same time, most newlyweds deliberately save on the celebration, so that later they can go to honeymoon trip to some exotic country and there on a grand scale walk tête-à-tête with your loved one. However, there are those who are ready to do nothing to stint in order to loudly celebrate the marriage. In this regard, the question quite logically arises: "Which of the young people recorded the most expensive wedding in the world?" Well, there is no consensus on this matter. The top 10 most expensive weddings in the world have been repeatedly compiled, and everyone puts forward their own arguments and arguments. And yet, if we appeal only to numbers, then we can come to a common denominator in the above question. So, the most expensive wedding in the world was celebrated...

Amit Bhatia and Vanisha Mittali

It was these newlyweds who got into the Guinness Book of Records. If you have no idea what the most expensive wedding in the world took place in the past, then know that we are talking about the marriage of Amit Bhatia and Vanisha Mittali, which was celebrated with pomp in 2004.

The luxurious celebration was organized by the father of the bride, businessman Lakshmi Mitall. The most expensive wedding in the world was initiated thanks to his participation. Was not from the poor and the father of the groom, who served as a banker. Thus, there were no material difficulties with the event.

The royal scope of the celebration

According to preliminary estimates, about $78 million was spent on the holiday. What was spent on such a huge amount of money? Firstly, I was struck by the number of those present at the celebration: a thousand guests received an invitation in silver boxes. People were walking along the Parisian Tuileries and could enjoy the grand fireworks display, which was scheduled for the last day of the celebration. The famous singer was invited to the celebration and entertained the guests with incendiary music. For those invited by a professional chef from India, about a hundred delicious dishes were prepared. An exquisite vintage Mouton Rothschild wine was served at the table, which, of course, was not cheap. 5,000 bottles were drunk and several kilograms of caviar were eaten. There was also a six-story cake on the table, the weight of which was as much as 60 kilograms! The most expensive wedding in the world was celebrated on the territory of the luxurious Vaux-le-Vicomte castle, which is located 55 kilometers from the French capital.

In Indian Bollywood, a film was made about the marriage of Amit Bhatia and Vanisha Mittali. It was presented as a gift to the newlyweds by the stars of Indian cinema Akshar Kumai and Aishwarya Rai. The most expensive wedding in the world, the photo of which, of course, could not but appear on the pages of the press, lasted for five whole days.

Marriage of the heir to the throne in Brunei

For the right to lead the rating of mega-pompous and luxurious marriages, a celebration arranged in honor of the marriage of the youngest offspring of the Sultan of Brunei can also compete. The luxury and scope of the event amazed many. Thirty-one-year-old Prince Abdul Malik married a girl named Dayangku Raabiatul Adavia Pengiran Haji Bolkiah, who worked as an ordinary IT specialist before marrying.

Amazing holiday

The world's most expensive wedding of the son of the monarch of Brunei was organized within the walls of a luxurious palace, consisting of 1788 rooms. The residence of the ruler was buried in gold when the youngest heir to the throne was married to a young bride.

The main hall of the palace with a capacity of 5 thousand people was guarded by royal soldiers who held spears and shields in their hands. On the first day of the event, the newlyweds, sitting on the royal boxes, swore to each other in love and fidelity.

The luxury of wedding dresses

Many friends and relatives came to congratulate the young people. The guests were pleasantly shocked by the bride's wedding dress. The girl wore a simple beige dress embroidered with silver thread. Dayangka's head was decorated with an ordinary scarf, on which a crown rose. The bride's neck was framed by a necklace made of diamonds and emeralds. The modest wife of the heir to the throne held in her hands an exquisite bouquet, but not from flowers, but from precious stones. On the hands of the bride one could see truly royal jewelry. Dayangka came to the wedding ceremony in branded shoes from Christian Louboutin, the price of which, according to the most conservative estimates, is 4 thousand dollars. On the second day of the holiday, the bride appeared before the guests in a similar outfit, except that the emeralds in her jewelry were replaced with sapphires.

The groom, decorated with diamonds and gold chains, looked no less elegant.

The most expensive wedding in the world for the son of the Sultan of Brunei was celebrated with all the pomp and glamor that one can imagine. The residence of the monarch of this small Muslim country is considered one of the largest on the planet. Nowhere else will you see a palace of 1788 rooms, including 257 bathrooms, 5 huge swimming pools and a garage with a capacity of 110 cars.

Prince Charles and Diana Spencer

The five most expensive marriages that have ever happened in history, of course, include a holiday organized in honor of the marriage of the British Prince Charles to the blue-blooded girl Diana. The wedding cost $48 million. Professional David Emanuel worked on the design of the wedding dress.

About 40 meters of high-quality silk and tulle fabric with elements of ancient lace, which was decorated with gold thread, were purchased. 10,000 natural pearls were used to decorate the wedding dress. Shoes were also made of gold.

Donald Trump and Melania Knavs

A lot of money was spent in connection with the marriage of the odious US presidential candidate Donald Trump and fashion model Melania Knavs. The politician did not spare 45 million dollars for organizing the holiday. 90 meters were purchased for the bride's dress satin fabric white color. It was adorned with one and a half thousand pearls and many precious stones.

Real professionals from the House of Christian Dior worked on the design of the wedding dress of the famous fashion model. The future wife of the American billionaire, a few days before the event, did a photo shoot in a dress for the popular Vogue print edition and received a substantial fee for this. The entire wedding attire weighed twenty kilograms, so Melania needed a lot of helpers to put it on. On the holiday table there was a seven-story cake weighing 23 kilograms. Guests were served a lot of champagne, which was accompanied by light snacks.

And others

The ceremony of the Russian billionaire and "Miss Yugoslavia" Alexandra Kokotovich ($30 million) was included in the top ten most expensive marriages on the planet. In the same ranking is the Indian couple Vikram Chatwal and Priya Sachdev ($20 million), newlyweds and Colin McLaughlin ($15 million). The luxurious wedding was celebrated by the daughter of the famous businessman Delphine Anro and the son of the eminent winemaker Alessandro Vagliarino Gancha ($7 million). The famous singer Paul McCartney did not stint on the marriage, marrying a model (3.5 million dollars). Actress Liza Minnelli and David Guest ($3.5 million) played a rich wedding. Rounding out the top 10 are couple Arun Nayyar and Elizabeth Hurley ($2.5 million), as well as newlyweds Tom Cruise and ($2 million).