World’s Most Expensive Wedding

According to the Guinness World Records book, the Bride with the distinction of having had the most expensive wedding in the world was Vanisha Mittal. The Groom was Amit Bhatia. Their wedding cost $ 78 Million Dollars and occurred in France, on June 22, 2004 at Vaux le Vicomte, a 17th-century French chateau on the final day of a six-day celebration.

Invitations for the Hindu nuptials were 20 pages thick, encased in silver, and contained jade necklaces or diamond watches for close family friends. The industrialist chartered 12 Boeing jets to fly 1,500 guests from India to the festivities in France that ranged from the Tuileries Gardens in Paris to the Palace of Versailles. Fireworks filled the skies and ‘Bollywood’ stars mixed with the guests who consumed five thousand bottles of Mouton-Rothschild 1986.

Vanisha Mittal Bhatia has a masters degree in South Asian studies and sits on the board of Mittal Steel, owned by her father Lakshmi Mittal, who is estimated by Forbes to be worth $51 billion.

Text by Norma-Jean Alt