George and Amal Clooney’s US$13 million wedding and 7 other outrageously expensive celebrity nuptials
Celebrities usually pull out all the stops on their wedding day, and these couples – including Huang Xiaoming and Angelababy, and Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries – threw the most exciting ceremonies and parties money could buy
From booking a venue to choosing a caterer, anyone who has held a wedding knows just how quickly the costs can add up.
But imagine if money were no object. Imagine dreaming up the most ornate ceremony money can buy – and then buying it.
Well, this is reality for the world’s rich and famous. From featuring dancing white horses to importing stone castles, celebrities love to pull out all the stops on their wedding day.
Check out eight lavish star-studded ceremonies that were particularly outrageous:
Huang Xiaoming and Angelababy
These A-list Chinese stars held their 2015 wedding at the stunning, wildly expensive Shanghai Exhibition Centre.
This glitzy venue costs HK$500,000 (US$64,000) a day to rent, so it was no wonder the celebrations of Huang Xiaoming, 41, a successful actor, singer and model, and Angelababy, 30, a model, actress and singer whose real name is Angela Yeung Wing, cost HK$260 million (US$33.1 million) once all was said and done.
Kim Kardashian’s 2011 marriage to NBA basketball star Kris Humphries saw her wear a stunning US$2.5 million diamond headpiece and three beautiful Vera Wang dresses … she filed for divorce after 72 days
As if that wasn’t enough, the wedding also featured tens of thousands of roses, an eight-foot (2.4-metre) tall cake, and smartphones as guest giveaways.