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Love her or hate her, Katie Price, AKA Jordan, AKA Peter's ex, is still the tabloids' hottest celebrity and one of the most Googled 'A'-list celebrities, so it stands to reason that when planning her wedding, it would be over-the-top, lavish and just a little bit silly... we all remember her in 'that' wedding dress and her Cinderella-style coach when she married Peter!
Having married cage-fighter and CBB winner Alex Reid in an uncharacteristically understated ceremony in Las Vegas recently, the glossies thought they'd missed out on the opportunity to bid for exclusive coverage of her big day... at least, until the couple on Saturday announced they were planning the 'Celebrity Wedding of the Summer'.
The couple has reportedly struck a deal with ITV and an undisclosed glossy magazine for a £3m wedding in a marquee close to the couple's home in Surrey.
The wedding will be the most expensive celebrity wedding in modern history... with Liza Minelli and David Gest's ceremony coming a close second at £2.2m and Paul McCartney's marriage to Heather Mills costing a fraction of the subsequent divorce at a cool £1.6m.
Our wedding day 'rich list' demonstrates the lengths celebrities will go to in order to celebrate their marriages in style...
Top 10 Most Expensive Celebrity Weddings...
New number 1? Katie Price and Alex Reid: £3,000,000
The couple's wedding will cost an estimated £3m when they marry this summer in Surrey. The marquee based event will see 31 year old mother of three Price marry cage-fighter Reid, 34, after a seven month courtship. The couple has reportedly secured a £1m deal for exclusive rights to their photographs.
1. Liza Minelli and David Gest: £2.2m
Liza and David's March 2002 event really saw the couple push the boat out with a $45,000 gown designed by Bob Mackey and 500 workers employed to help the couple entertain 850 guests.
2. Paul McCartney and Heather Mills: £1.6m
Macca and Mucca's special day in 2002 took place in Monaghan, Ireland. The day was marked by a $19,000 a night honeymoon on a private yacht and an Indian themed reception plus £100,000 of fireworks... not the last fireworks the couple saw.
3. Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar: £1.6m
2007's wedding of the year between Liz and Arun spanned eight days and took place at Gloucestershire's Sudely Castle. The couple's honeymoon suite alone cost £6,500 a night!
4. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes: £1.2m
TomKat's 2006 event cost a cool £1.2m and featured Andrea Boccelli AND the Righteous Brothers' rendition of You've Lost That Loving Feeling. The venue was 15th Century Odescalchi Castle in Rome, Georgio Armani provided the groom's attire and guests enjoyed a five-tiered white chocolate wedding cake that, thankfully, survived the Italian climate. 300 bottles of wine provided the hangover, as did a £30,000 wedding dress!
5. Liz Taylor and Larry Fortensky: £1.2m
Seventh time lucky for Liz... 1991 saw the couple, who met at the Betty Ford Clinic... marry at Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch. Photos were sold to People magazine for a million dollars... which the couple donated to AIDS charities.
6. Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman: £1.2m
Following a proposal on Valentine's Day, 2005's celebrity couple married with Christina looking stunning in a Christian Lacroix gown.
7. Elton John and David Furnish: £1m
Following our other celebrities, Elton John's 2005 ceremony, in the first week that same sex marriage was legalised looks positively frugal... the couple married in Windsor's Guildhall, the same venue in which Charles and Camilla married eight months earlier. Elton serenaded David with a personal rendition of Your Song.
8. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones: £1m
Also taking place in 2005, but at the New York Plaza hotel, this couple were so concerned for their security they hired 50 guards to ward off gatecrashers and embedded holograms on their wedding invites to prevent forgery!
9. Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren: £1m
Meeting on the fairway at he British Open, Tiger and Elin married in 2004 at the Sandy Lane Beach Resort in Barbados. The couple honeymooned on Tiger's $20m yacht, Privacy.
10. Eddie Murphy and Nicole Mitchell: £1m
The comedian's smile was short lived after receiving the bill for his million pound wedding back in 1993, which included a spend of £100,000 on Cristal champagne for his 500 guests!
