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Is this the most expensive wedding ever?

Published: 02 Apr 2016 - 06:45 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 03:38 am
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The wedding between 20-year-old Khadija Uzhakhovs and 28-year-old Said Gutseriev is billed as the most expensive wedding in the world. We are not sure about the authenticity of the claim, but it do looks likes the father of the groom spent a fortune on his son’s big day.
Leaving aside the minor expenses of ferrying the guests in Rolls Royces and other luxury cars like Bentleys, the money was well-spent on singers Jennifer Lopez, Sting, and Enrique Iglesias.

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Mikhail Gutseriev, with a net worth around $6.2 billion, has made his money from oil and is also known to write songs. Maybe that explains the line-up of singers. 
The Moscow wedding took place last Saturday and from posts on social media suggests JLo had several wardrobe changes and sang classics like "Waiting for Tonight."
Sting sang "Desert Rose," another fan favorite, and Enrique, wearing his signature T-shirt and baseball hat, got the crowd worked up with "Bailando".

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The bride was wearing an Elie Saab wedding gown, which is rumoured to cost around £18,000.
Said was educated at Britain’s Harrow school and Oxford and Plymouth universities.

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The wedding hall was packed to the brim with exotic flowers and fairy lights


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