30 July 2010, 5:42 am
According to estimates and reports Chelsea Clinton's wedding, the approximately $5 million event on Saturday includes: •$750,000 for catering for 400-500 guests •$11,000 for the cake •$250,000 worth of jewelry for the bride •$109,000 for the tables and crockery •$600,000 in air-conditioned tents, complete with glass walls •$200,000 in extra security, paid for by the Clintons •$15,000 in high-class toilets •$500,000 in flowers •A FAA enforced no-fly zone over Rhinebeck, the small New York town that includes Astor Courts, a picturesque mansion that’s hosting the event and overlooks the Hudson River. “It’s going to be very understated, elegant, but befitting a royal wedding for the U.S.,” wedding planner Claudia Hanlin said on TODAY. I've always admired Chelsea Clinton for being very down-to-earth and one of the last people who would need a "royal wedding". I'm surprised she felt the need to spend a half a million dollars on flowers. I also can't imagine why it would take $750,000 to only feed 400-500 people and spend $600,000 for tents. Do they each get a tent? I can only imagine what her wedding dress is going to cost to show off $250,000 worth of jewelry. I know this is her day and I wish her the best but I wonder how much of it is what she wants as opposed to what the parents of the bride and groom want. Did you expect Chelsea to have such an "understated" wedding? Do you think that as Secretary of State, Hillary had any obligation to put on a less lavish wedding when the country is still in a major Recession? I put this question in politics because Hillary is the current Secretary of State and her husband a former President. That's political enough for me!... Read More »
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