7,000 for the cake at Chelsea Clinton's £3.2 MILLION wedding of the year

When your father is a former U.S. President and your mother is the Secretary of State, having your wedding reception in the local pub isn’t an option. Chelsea Clinton’s big day in a country mansion on Saturday could cost up to £3.2million. No expense will be spared at what will be the American society event of the year, with the equivalent of £6,400 being spent on each of the 500 guests. Tents costing £400,000 have been set up, £70,000 is going on tables and crockery and a staggering £320,000 is being spent on flowers, thought to be Casablanca lillies and...

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£7,000 for the cake at Chelsea Clinton's £3.2 MILLION wedding

Tents costing £400,000 have been set up, £70,000 is going on tables and crockery and a staggering £320,000 is being spent on flowers, thought to be Casablanca lillies and orchids. Miss Clinton’s dress, designed by Oscar de la Renta or Vera Wang, is rumoured to be a cool £16,000, and the jewellery she wears on the day is worth £160,000. The cake alone will cost £7,000 and security a further £130,000. Estimates put the cost at between £1.9million and £3.2million, far more than most celebrity weddings. When Liza Minnelli and David Gest tied the knot, it cost £1.6million, while Tom...

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Resident To Clintons: Pay For Extra Wedding Cops

Wedding bell buzz is kicking into high gear in Rhinebeck, and as the town prepares for Chelsea Clinton's big day more details are emerging about the groom. Clinton's fiancé, investment banker Marc Mezvinsky, is about to become the man of the hour. The daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to marry Mezvinsky on a private estate on the river on Saturday. The two met as teenagers at a leadership retreat in 1993, both went to Stanford and, like Chelsea, Mezvinky has dealt with adversity -- his father, a former congressman, served...

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Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky: religion and interfaith marriage

For many who work with interfaith couples and families, the big questions being asked about Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky's wedding are, who will perform the wedding ceremony? Will it be a religious ceremony? Will one or both religions be included in the service?

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Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom Wed in Secret (Only for Movie Buffs)

Miranda Kerr’s grandmother found out about the supermodel’s wedding to Hollywood hunk Orlando Bloom on television, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph reported Friday. Ann Kerr -- who lives in the tiny Australian town of Gunnedah, New South Wales, where her granddaughter grew up -- said she was not invited to the wedding. The 74-year-old said Kerr's parents John and Therese were also not present for the wedding, which were believed to have taken place at a private Los Angeles ceremony on Thursday. "No I didn't get invited to the wedding. We're all home every one of us. My daughter -in-law Therese...

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Anthony and Huma Weiner

Why was my posting pointing out Huma's married name pulled?

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Clinton to Perform Weiner Wedding

Bill Clinton is not giving away his daughter Chelsea’s hand in marriage for another three weeks. But he is going to get a little practice at the altar on Saturday, when he officiates at the wedding of Representative Anthony D. Weiner and Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The ceremony will be at Oheka Castle in Huntington, N.Y., in the early evening. Matt McKenna, a Clinton spokesman, told The Associated Press that Mr. Clinton would conduct the ceremony and was authorized to do so, but did not elaborate. Aides to Mr. Weiner, who represents...

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U.S. weddings at retail stores rising

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich.- U.S. experts said a planned wedding at a Michigan T.J. Maxx store is just the latest in a growing trend of retail weddings nationwide. Rebecca Dolgin, executive editor of wedding Web site theknot.com, said the upcoming nuptials between Lisa Satayut and Drew Ellis at the Mount Pleasant, Mich., T.J. Maxx is the latest in a growing trend that has seen weddings held at locations including Home Depot, Taco Bell and other businesses, USA Today reported Thursday. "Brides are obsessed with making their wedding different from anyone else's," Dolgin said. "In some cases, too, I think the economy...

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US officials: Al-Qaida operative tied to NY plot

SNIPPET: "U.S. counterterrorism officials have linked one of the nation's most wanted terrorists to last year's thwarted plot to bomb the New York City subway system, authorities said Wednesday. Current and former counterterrorism officials said top al-Qaida operative Adnan Shukrijumah met with one of the would-be suicide bombers in a plot that Attorney General Eric Holder called one of the most dangerous since the 9/11 terror attacks."

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Al And Tipper Gore To Skip Chelsea Clinton’s Wedding (looking like the new John Edwards?)

Al And Tipper Gore To Skip Chelsea Clinton’s Weddingby Frances Martel | 10:43 am, July 3rd, 2010 More sad news from the Al Gore camp, who is starting to look more and more like the new John Edwards every day: Gore and his soon-to-be ex-wife, Tipper, will not be attending Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, and event they had reported been “looking forward to” a year ago, before the Gores hit this recent unfortunate patch of events. New York’s Daily Intel blog reports that a rep for the Gores announced the sad news, and added that “they both wish Chelsea well, believe...

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