Installment 9 (the ultimate fairytale wedding) of Wedding Wish Lanterns’ (that’s me) unique wedding ideas series got me thinking about various celebrity weddings that have hit the headlines in the past few decades…

Some have been pinnacle moments- who could forget David Furnish and Elton John’s ceremony, one of the first of its kind- others have re-defined tradition- Elizabeth Hurley with her double, multi-cultural ceremonies, for instance- and others have played out our own fantasies before us (I’m thinking more of the Brad Pitt/ Jennifer Aniston fairytale at this point rather than the barbie doll, sparkle saturated, cinderella affair that was the Andres’).

Celebrity weddings are the icing on society’s celeb culture cake, as it were. They hold a fascination for us regular folk because they are symbolic of everything that celebrity means and entails, they are the culmination of the celebrity plot- the point where Mr and Mrs Perfect (who we’ve been tracking for years) officially profess their love and walk off into the studio lit sunset. They are the chance for the already radiantly shiny to shine even more and blind us all in the process. Our ultimate fantasy wedding played out on the big screen so to speak.

Sure, not all celebrities make it into the glossy pages of  ‘OK” or ‘Hello’- Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin’s do seemed to have scuttled by relatively unnoticed- but they still cause our ears to prick, and our hearts to beat just that little bit faster…. So, what better way to satisfy our appetite for celebrity than to gather up their wedding stories and pop them all in the same place, this blog? What you see may even give you a few ideas of your own for a dazzling and unique wedding reception…. Look out for part one coming next time.

Gwyneth and Chris

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