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Wedding Facts

Things you didn't know about the rich and famous plus record breaking marriage facts.

Stan Laurel is famous for taking seven brides.
Actor Billy Bob Thornton is famous for marrying five times.
Zsa Zsa Gabor is famous for having nine husbands at different times.
The shortest well known celeb marriage was Brittney spear's marriage to Jason Alexander- the wedding lasted 56 hours.
Another short marriage was Jennifer Lopez and Chris Judd which only lasted 6 months.
One of the youngest famous celeb marriages was Leanne Rimes to Dean Sheremet, as Leanne was only 19 when she accepted the proposal.
Another of the youngest celeb marriages was Macaulay Culkin to Rachel Minor who were both 17 when they eloped.
The longest ever recorded marriage was Sit Temulji Nairman and his wife Lady Nariman, who were married at the age of five. The marriage lasted for 86 years.
The longest marriage in Britain was between James Burgess and his wife Sarah Ann, their marriage lasted 82 years. And Percy and Florence Arrowsmith from Hereford have just made it into the Guinness Book of Records for being married for 80 years.
The largest wedding attendance was a Jewish wedding in Jerusalem in 1993 where 30,000 people attended.
The most expensive wedding was the one held in a purpose-built stadium in Dubai for a Shiek's son. The wedding cost over £22 million.
The longest wedding dress train was found in Germany, it measured over 515 feet.
A former Baptist minister, Glynn Scotty Wolfe is famous for taking 28 brides and divorcing 27 of them.
The longest ever engagement was between Octavio Guillen and Adriana Martinez who were engaged for 67 years.
The oldest bride ever to get married Minnie Munro from Australia who married at 102 years of age; she married a man of the age of 82 years.
The most expensive celebrity engagement ring was that of Liza Minelli's, which was a tear dropped 3.5 carat diamond ring from David Gest.
Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglass spent £500 per guest just for the food at their wedding.
The most money spent for a wedding singer was the wedding of Multimillionaire Peter Shalson and wife Pauline who paid £2 million pounds to get Elton John to sing a song at their wedding.
The most under dressed celeb to walk down the aisle was Britney Spears who wore ripped jeans and a baseball cap to her big day.
Liz Taylor is famous for having eight marriages to her name.