5 Most Expensive Royal Weddings

Royal weddings always have a different flavor added to it, with its rich and unique style ranging from decorations to food. The whole world looks upon these high class marriages anxiously with a glint of surprise and delight in their eyes, which cannot be matched with normal weddings. Let us have a look at some of the most extravagant and expensive royal weddings of all time-

William and Kate

The world witnessed the royal wedding of the century on 29 April, previous year when Prince William married the women of his dreams, his college sweetheart Kate Middleton. The streets of London were packed with more than 2 million viewers, who gathered around to get a glimpse of this royal wedding, which happens to be the third most expensive wedding in history with millions splashed out. The total cost of the wedding is estimated to be around $50-80 million, with floral décor costing $800,000, security arrangements -$33 million and Kate’s gown costing $300,000 to $450,000.Moreover since the day was declared as an official holiday, it cost the economy an amount of $6 billion.

Charles and Diana

The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, termed as a ‘global event’ took place in the year 1981 which captivated the entire world. This large and extravagant function was more like a fairy tale wedding which had cost around $48 million ($110 million as per today's value). The price of the wedding gown of the bride was 9000 pounds and  for the cake they had to pay an amount of $6,000(rates will be double or triple as per today’s value).The estimated value of the wedding ring in today’s value is around 85,700 pounds and her gown’s 25-foot train is the longest in the history of royal marriages. Notable moments of the wedding were Diana reversing the order of Charle’s name while reading the vows and Charle’s forgetting to kiss his wife at the end of the ceremony. It took nearly 14 weeks to prepare the 27 wedding cakes and five-foot-tall main cake; moreover a duplicate cake was also made as a security measure.

Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikha Hind Bint Maktoum

The wedding of former King of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed with his first cousin Sheikha Hind Bint Maktoum which took place in 1979 was more like a national festival which extended up to seven days and the event has found a place for itself in the Guinness records. An entire stadium which could accommodate up to 20, 000 guests was built and the total cost is estimated to be about $44.5 million (around $100 million in today’s value).The stadium featured displays of camel and horse riding, moreover an aerobatics display by the Dubai Air Force made the function even more fascinating and enjoyable. For one whole month the entire Dubai had fun and the King used to visit every village on his horse and supplied food to everyone.

Prince Felipe of Spain and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano

The wedding between Felipe and Letizia was held at Cathedral Nuestra Senora de la Almudena in Madrin in the year 2004 and the function created big news with costs going up to $29 million, which included the security charges as well. A huge one million flower plantation campaign and the decorations along with the security of 18,000 policemen and soldiers added to the costs. During the marriage ceremony Felipe gifted Letizia with 13 gold coins as a part of Spanish tradition.

Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling

Princess Victoria accepted her former personal trainer Daniel Westling as her husband two years before an audience of 250,000.An amount of $3 million is the approximate wedding expense and it is supposed to be the most- watched royal wedding after Prince Charles and Lady Diana’s, which also included 150,000 tourists apart from the invited guests. Floral arrangements which were spread across the streets of Stockholm and building imitating the castle of the princess built in the city centre added to the charm of the occasion.