03-07-2025
Princess Diana Called Her $100 Million Wedding the ‘Worst Day of Her Life'—Inside the Most Expensive Celebrity Weddings in History
It's the biggest day of your life, so no wonder these celebrities want to flaunt their 'I dos.' No matter how much wealth is involved, it's a celebration of love.
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For these A-listers, these wedding celebrations can last from an afternoon up to a week. Take for example, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' multiple multi-cultural weddings where they rented out a hotel for their guests. Other celebs opt for a low-key wedding, like Michael Jordan, who had his wedding inside humongous tents to keep the paparazzi away.
The ultimate standouts in this list are indeed the Royals. Because of their popularity and status in society, all eyes are on them. In their Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were at two opposite spectrums of the stress meter. 'On the day of our wedding, it's like I went into a really calm space. I don't know how I was so calm,' Meghan said. 'I look back at that: How was I so calm? And all I wanted was a mimosa, a croissant. And to play the song 'Going to the Chapel.' Oh, that's what I did. And it was great.' { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 2, }, pmcCnx: { singleAutoPlay: 'auto' } } }, playerId: 'bff268d2-093d-4084-a5b8-67255071d950', mediaId: '96eae7da-e028-4534-9868-e0d803518959', }).render('connatix_player_96eae7da-e028-4534-9868-e0d803518959_21'); });
Harry added of the wedding, 'There was an expectation, right? Diana's boy It was an expectation to have a public wedding. It was like, 'Mission complete with William. Now let's see if this goes the distance with Harry and then we can actually go, 'Job done.''
Now with Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding around the corner, take a look at all these expensive weddings.
The 72-day marriage came with a hefty price tag. The Hollywood Reporter reported that Kim K's wedding to basketball player Kris Humphries cost $10 million.
Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra had not just one, but THREE wedding ceremonies celebrating their love. E! News reported that the nuptials cost over $800,000 for the events which lasted over a week. Just booking a stay at the Taj Maid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, which was their wedding venue, was $461,000 alone.
The world's most famous basketball player deserves an MVP award for this wedding. Michael Jordan's wedding to Yvette Prietto reportedly cost $14 million and had a wedding tent in Bear's Club in Jupiter that was one of the largest in history.
Kim Kardashian's wedding to Kanye West had an estimated cost $12 million, according to The Daily Mail. The nuptials took place in Florence and Andrea Bocelli even serenaded the couple while Kim was walking down the aisle.
Prince Felipe of Spain and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano had an extravagant wedding that rang up nearly $30 million. Guests included other royals like Prince Albert of Monaco, Charles, Prince of Wales, and the Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
The Modern Family actress and Joe Manganiello had an extravagant $4 million wedding. Vergara deemed herself a bridezilla and detail-oriented during the nuptials but had an eventful weekend in Florida.
Before their disatrious divorce, Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes said their 'I dos' in 15th-century Odescalchi Castle in Bracciano in Central Italy. The wedding reportedly cost $4.4 million.
The 'Benny and the Jets' singer and his longtime partner went all out for their wedding. The couple had already wed in 2005, but when same-sex marriage became legalized, they had a fun bash and reportedly racked up a $190,000 bill for caviar and champagne, bringing out the total cost to about $2.2 million.
As the son of Posh & Becks and the daughter of billionaire Nelson Peltz, Brooklyn and Nicola's wedding was destined to be a star-studded event. The wedding is reportedly cost $4 million, and that doesn't include all the drama that happened behind the scenes.
George Clooney and Amal Almuddin's wedding was nothing short of an extravaganza. The bill racked up to $6.7 million and it took place in the romantic city of Venice, Italy.
Posh & Becks were Britain's It couple before the turn of the century. Their wedding reportedly cost $1.1 million in 1999, but adjusted to inflation brings the cost closer to $2 million.
The heir to the throne and his wife's wedding had an estimated cost of around $34m, with a majority of the money being used for security at the event. The event was held on April 29, 2011, and the costs of security and transport were covered by Her Majesty's Treasury.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding cost around $2.7 million, but 94% of the money for the wedding ($40.1 million, according to CNBC). More than a billion people tuned in to the Royal Wedding. When Meghan Markle and Harry stepped back from their Royal duties, Meghan's lawyers argued that their wedding might have netted Britain as much as £1 billion.
According to Express, the filing claims that the wedding brought in £700 million in business spending and an additional £300 million in public relations value. The lawyers also claimed that Prince Charles had lifted some of the costs so it didn't come from taxpayer's dollars.
The future King and his ex-wife didn't hold back when it came to their royal nuptials. The event, held July 18, 1981, reportedly cost roughly $48 million (around $156 million today when adjusted for inflation). With a 25 foot long wedding train, a 5-foot wedding designed by Alexander McQueen, and a feast to remember, it truly was the wedding of the century.
Though it was dubbed a fairytale wedding, the late Princess Di called the wedding 'the worst day of my life,' wishing she could do it over again.
The model and music executive didn't skimp out on their big day in the South of France in April 2023. They reportedly shelled out $4 million and $350,000 on florals alone.
All the stars shined for Hollywood's princess Paris Hilton and Carter Reum on their wedding day. The DJ and entrepreneur reportedly spend $3 million on her wedding.
Afer their quaint Santa Barbara courthouse wedding, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker headed to Italy to celebrate their wedding in Italy with their family and a $3.5 million bill.
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