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What does it take to get a middle-aged bachelor hitched?
April 29, 2011. All eyes – some say 1 billion – were focused on a wedding. Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, was marrying his fan club lover, Kate Middleton, at Westminster Abbey. Three weeks before the wedding, the trashy Daily Mail ran an article about who made the cut for this exclusive do. Famous comedians, athletes, exes, and cousins were mentioned. 1,900 people attended in all.
Meanwhile, six time zones east, no eyes were focused on another wedding. No famous personalities or even relatives were present. The bride- and groom-to-be visited a local marriage registry office in Hua Hin and signed some papers in the presence of no one. This wedding was my own.
The Duke’s wedding cost $34m, $32m of that on security paid for by the British taxpayers. My wedding, including a week’s pre-honeymoon in Chiang Mai and two nights in a pool villa outside Hua Hin, ran $600-700, with no security. The Duke gave Kate one of his mommy’s $1m showpieces as an engagement ring. I didn’t have any of my late mother’s rings on hand; if I had every single one of them and gave them all to my fiancé as an engagement ring bonanza, the total price wouldn’t be enough to put a down payment on the down payment of the Duke’s engagement ring. The Duke’s wedding ring cost $11,000. Our weddings rings haven’t been purchased yet. We’ll buy them in Korea in a few weeks for $300-400. The Queen forked out $600,000 for the Duke’s reception. We paid $120 for a romantic candle-lit uniquely designed menu for two along the beach. The Duke’s bride wore a gown valued at more than $400,000. My bride’s special but elegant purchase for the event cost $100. The Duke’s daddy bought him and the wife two wedding cakes for $80,000 – or $134 per slice. My bride and I ate two pieces of banoffee pie the following day at a local bakery for $4. The Duke announced his marriage to the public in November 2010, five months ahead of the ceremony. I only told my immediate family two weeks in advance and was originally going to tell them after I did it.
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