Celebrity Weddings
What Bollywood weddings teach UK couples planning a shaadi
Behind the palaces and the couture, the great Indian celebrity weddings run on principles any British Asian family can use. Seven lessons worth stealing.
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Celebrity Weddings
The weddings everyone watched, revisited properly: what really happened, and what is worth stealing.
Celebrity Weddings
Parineeti and Raghav in Udaipur: the lakeside wedding, refined
A Bollywood star and a politician, a palace on Lake Pichola, and a white and gold palette that photographed like morning light. The 2023 wedding, considered.
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Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja: the Mumbai wedding week that started the modern era
A Sikh ceremony at a family home, a reception where Bollywood danced till dawn, and Everyday Phenomenal as a wedding motto. The 2018 celebration that set the template.
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Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant: the wedding that redefined scale
A months long celebration ending in Mumbai in July 2024, with a guest list drawn from three industries and several governments. What the biggest wedding of the century actually was.
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Kiara and Sidharth at Suryagarh: the wedding that went viral gently
A golden sandstone palace outside Jaisalmer, a veil lowered to a love song, and the entrance video the internet replayed all spring. The 2023 wedding, examined.
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Katrina and Vicky at Six Senses Fort Barwara: the fortress wedding
A 14th century Rajasthan fort, a no phones policy and total secrecy until the couple spoke. Inside the 2021 wedding that perfected the lockdown.
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Alia and Ranbir: the wedding at home that changed the scale
No palace, no destination, twenty eight guests on their own balcony. Why Bollywood's biggest couple choosing their living room in 2022 mattered.
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Priyanka and Nick at Umaid Bhawan: the wedding that met in the middle
A Christian ceremony with a 75 foot veil, a Hindu ceremony in Sabyasachi red, and a Jodhpur palace holding both. The 2018 blueprint for two culture weddings.
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Deepika and Ranveer at Lake Como: two ceremonies, one perfect secret
A Konkani ceremony one day, an Anand Karaj the next, on the terraces of Villa del Balbianello. Inside the 2018 wedding that honoured everything.
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Virat and Anushka in Tuscany: the wedding that started the secrecy era
Eleven guests days before, a Tuscan borgo, and photographs released only when the couple chose. How the 2017 Virushka wedding rewrote Bollywood's rules.
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Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi: the case for the secret wedding
A private ceremony in May 2024, a Tuscan celebration months later, and almost nothing shared. What the quietest celebrity wedding of the year got right.
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Sofia Richie at Hotel du Cap: how quiet luxury got married
Three Chanel looks, the French Riviera and a TikTok feed that rewrote bridal taste in a weekend. The 2023 wedding that made elegance viral.
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Lady Kitty Spencer in Rome: five dresses and a Renaissance villa
Princess Diana's niece married in Dolce & Gabbana couture at Villa Aldobrandini in 2021, and made the multi gown wedding mainstream.
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Princess Eugenie's Windsor wedding: the low back that said everything
A Peter Pilotto gown designed to show a scoliosis scar, an emerald tiara and October wind. The 2018 royal wedding that chose meaning over concealment.
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Idris Elba's Marrakech wedding: three days in the red city
Sunrise vows, a riad hotel and a party in the Agafay desert. The 2019 wedding that put Morocco on every couple's longlist.
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Hailey and Justin Bieber: courthouse first, party later
A New York courthouse in 2018, a South Carolina celebration a year on. The Biebers accidentally invented the modern two part wedding.
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Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz: inside the Palm Beach wedding
A Valentino gown, a Jewish ceremony under a chuppah and two dynasties on one lawn. What the 2022 wedding of the year actually taught.
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George and Amal in Venice: the destination wedding blueprint
Water taxis, a city as a venue and a weekend instead of a day. The 2014 Clooney wedding wrote the rules couples still follow.
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Kate Middleton's wedding dress: the gown that brought back sleeves
Westminster Abbey, Alexander McQueen, and a lace bodice that ended a decade of strapless. The 2011 dress that still shapes bridal fashion.
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Harry and Meghan at Windsor: the wedding that changed British weddings
A gospel choir in St George's Chapel, a minimalist Givenchy gown and a sermon nobody expected. How one Saturday in 2018 rewrote the template.