The wedding of Khadija Uzhakhova and Said Gutseriev remains the world's most expensive ceremony ever held, with an estimated cost of $1.4 billion in 2016, according to data compiled by Visual Capitalist.
In second place is the lavish 2024 wedding of Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani, estimated to have cost between $641 million and $1.1 billion, followed by the 1981 royal wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, which is estimated at $176 million.
Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal rank fourth with a wedding bill of about $133 million in 2018, while Vanisha Mittal and Amit Bhatia's 2004 ceremony takes fifth place at $106 million.
Spain's then Crown Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano ranked sixth, with a wedding estimated at between $43 million and $62 million in 2004. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 2018 royal wedding follows in seventh place at around $60 million.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez occupy eighth place after their star-studded 2025 wedding, which is estimated to have cost between $48 million and $56 million.
Kate Middleton and Prince William's 2011 royal wedding ranks ninth with an estimated price tag of $49 million, while Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce round out the top 10 with a reported wedding cost of between $20 million and $50 million in 2026, according to the ranking.
