Petra Ecclestone Outdoes Kim Kardashian With Superstar Wedding

Posted on Aug 28, 2011 @ 10:30AM

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Robin Thicke and Earth, Wind and Fire are nothing to sneeze at but when billionaire heiress Petra Ecclestone married on Saturday, she had opera superstar Andrea Bocelli serenading the guests before the sunset ceremony, rock icon Eric Clapton playing the newlywed's first dance and none other than The Black Eyed Peas as the dance band!

Now that's a wedding!

Petra's walk-down-the-aisle with James Stunt is estimated to have cost $6.5 million, and there wasn't a cable network paying the tab. Of course that's small potatoes for the 22-year-old who recently paid $85 million for Candy Spelling's Los Angeles estate.

PHOTOS: Petra Ecclestone Weds

There were no signs of wedding day nerves for the daughter of Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone as she arrived at her over-the-top nuptials in the back of a Rolls Royce looking calm and collected.

No expense was spared for the magical event at a castle in the Italian town of Bracciano -- the same one where Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes wed in 2006 -- with guests sipping on $6,000 a bottle wine and Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne while watching acrobats and fireworks.

The bride's custom-made Vera Wang dress reportedly cost in the region of $120,000.

PHOTOS: Meet The Ecclestones - Petra And Her Family

Paris, Nicky and Kathy Hilton, David Arquette, and the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson and her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Eugenie were among the 250 VIP guests.

Her sister, Tamara, was Petra's maid of honor.

Petra and her new husband will be spending much of their time in Los Angeles, after her massive renovations on the Spelling mansion are complete.

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Radar should give more info. She is not just shopping on Rodeo drive. She does volunteer work & gives alot of her money to charity. She had meningitis as a child & serves as an ambassador for the Meningitis Trust. She actually works for a living.

by stef3928
Posted Sun, 08/28/2011 - 9:23pm

We here is the south have a belief, one can tell Old Money from New Money by the class and actions of the family. Hint Hint kk, step aside.

by Docweller
Posted Sun, 08/28/2011 - 3:52pm

Hey Damien, in comparison to others one might say that you're sitting in a home playing on your computer is a sign of great wealth. Why not sell your computer and donate the money so that someone won't have to needlessly suffer?

by jeff69
Posted Sun, 08/28/2011 - 2:26pm

This wedding was done with class. The circus wedding that Kris and Kim had was tacky and just for T.V. ratings. It looks like Kim and Kris are not into the marriage at all, they are more into the celebrity lifestyle they so badly want to achieve.

by Drita
Posted Sun, 08/28/2011 - 1:30pm

It's a perversion of our sense of intelligence and morality, as a species, that ANY human being in the world should be able to attain such wealth while so many others should needlessly suffer.

by DamienHolland
Posted Sun, 08/28/2011 - 12:21pm