Brooklyn Becham's wedding

Very true paddyann.

I cant be the only person who remembers celebrity weddings when I was a child as just one picture in the paper and no info on what things cost .The whole media hype is what keeps the Beckhams in the high earning bracket they want to be in.IF they didn't want people to be discussing their every move they would keep well out of the limelight.That of course wouldn't be good for cashflow.
Personally I love a good wedding but often the best ones aren't the ones that have mega bucks thrown at them .I haven't seen this one ,didn't watch any of the royal ones and prefer to see people I know in the flesh in pictures .
Not some random celebrity who doesn't ever smile and is such a bad influence on girls with her eating the same meal every day to stay superslim .If it keeps the public amused and sells magazines I dare say it will continue .

This wedding passed me by. I knew nothing of it until I read this thread. Curiosity piqued am now tempted to Google the pictures.
Second thoughts, probably won’t.
All four of our sons were all grown up and working when they married, each of the couples paid for their own wedding. Both sides made a contribution and all were much enjoyed. Two divorced since, hey ho.

Vintagejazz

Apparently it cost 3 million pounds.

AIBU to n think that is a crazy amount to spend on a wedding, no matter how rich you are?

Probably

But just think of all the people who benefited from this and kept their businesses going.

The wedding business is huge.

I had to google for photos

I’ve just taken a quick peek at the Daily Mail pictures. It looked like a lovely wedding (and so it should have been for the money). The sun shone, the drinks flowed, the cleaning crew stood by. The DM helpfully captioned a snap of Ms Pelz Beckham in full and gorgeous gown, veil and tiara with “looking every inch a bride”. The Beckham crew are a good-looking lot, and seem very happy together - the grandparents look well. Victoria was as “enigmatic” as ever, very elegant, not a trace of a bingo wing to be seen. Need I say how incredibly handsome David looked on every photo? Apparently he cried during his speech when he talked about lying in front of the door of the hospital room when Brooklyn was born so that nobody (I assume he meant the press) could get in. And the Williams sister reminded me of Eugenie and Beatrice at whichever royal wedding it was they turned up to as pantomime dames.

So ends the summary for those who don’t want to look.

And I wish them all well.

Nor me. Don’t read celebrity magazines.

Not the only one, I havnt seen any pictures either calendergirl.

I must be the only person who hasn’t seen any pictures of this wedding, and didn’t know anything about it until I saw this topic on GN.

Not remotely interested in this family.

Vintagejazz I quite agree.

Kandinsky

Oops, sorry, didn’t mean to cause any upset.
I was just trying to point out that ordinary people spend an awful lot of weddings too.
( We did have free drink all night so that bumped the bill up quite a bit I must say )
Spend whatever you feel comfortable with & can afford. No one else’s business quite honestly.

If the wedding is being splashed about the media or exclusive rights have been given to Hello or Vogue or whatever then I think public comments and opinions are part of the package.

rafichagran

volver

I don't care how much money the Beckhams have and I don't care if they give to charity. I don't care how much the wedding cost and I don't care if Brooklyn doesn't have a job. How that family and any other spend their money is nothing to do with me. They are not oligarchs, they are not in public office, they are not royals holding themselves up as examples to be followed.

All I see is a couple who may have had a rocky marriage in the past but have stuck together for quarter a century, who have four (five?) children whom they seem to love and whom they are proud of. I think we should leave them alone and not criticise them for not doing things the way we want them to.

Totally agree with that.

Me too.

The photos, especially the Williams sisters, showed that money can’t buy you good taste.

on weddings.

Oops, sorry, didn’t mean to cause any upset.
I was just trying to point out that ordinary people spend an awful lot of weddings too.
( We did have free drink all night so that bumped the bill up quite a bit I must say )
Spend whatever you feel comfortable with & can afford. No one else’s business quite honestly.

If I had spent £30k on a wedding I would have kept it to myself knowing how hard up many on GN are. Not in good taste Kandinsky.

Blondiescot

Kandinsky

We spent nearly 30k on our daughters wedding & we’re completely average.

Average???? Surely most people don't spend anywhere near that? I know my son's wedding cost a fraction of that.

My daughter's wedding in 2006 cost less than £8,000 for 50 guests and there was no skimping. Beautiful venues and lovely meal and reception.

At the end of the day, it is just that - one day. And it shouldn't be about the day itself, but the marriage. There are couples whose weddings cost little more than the marriage licence who have been happily married for years. Some spend a fortune trying to impress their friends, outdo each other or look good on social media when it would be better spent on the deposit for a house.

We gave our dd £5000 fir a hotel venue which provided wedding ceremony, food, overnight rooms etc etc . We paid for her dress £250 second hand. They sold off the rooms to guests which helped with their short honeymoon costs.
The groom’s parents made no contribution. Actually the couple were in their 30 s so could or should have paid themselves I suppose.
Saving up that £5k had taken us years, so I thought that was plenty for just one day, to us it was a lorra lorra £££s.
£30,000 is massive 3 million is obscene.

So much money by so few it makes you sick nobody needs so much wealth

Unfortunately I think it quite normal. Weddings are big bucks ££££

Kandinsky

We spent nearly 30k on our daughters wedding & we’re completely average.

Completely average??? You can’t be serious. Thankfully my son and daughter in law paid for their own wedding - both being high earners. No idea what it cost.

Rosalyn69

I thought it was glorious and glitzy and I enjoyed all the pictures etc. Itcheered me up no end. Good luck to them. If you have the money then enjoy spending it.
I would have liked my son to have a big wedding. He didn’t want one. That was his choice.

Wouldn't cheer me up seeing it.

Kandinsky

We spent nearly 30k on our daughters wedding & we’re completely average.

On one day?
I can't imagine spending all that on one day
What happens if they get divorced?

Trying to think how many holidays a person could have with that money.