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Original cost estimations for Coleen McLoughlin and Wayne Rooney's wedding were in the region of £2.5 million, largely paid for by the exclusive deal the couple signed with Hello! magazine. The latest news is that the cost is closer to £5 million, with the bridal couple coughing up the additional £2.5 million themselves. That's almost $10 million.

Just how on earth do you manage to run up such huge bills for a wedding that only has 64 guests? Simple.

• Have your wedding at an exclusive location in another country ( a 16th century castle)
  
• Hire 5 private jets to ferry your guests to the venue.
• Spread your wedding celebrations over four days and spend £1 million on accommodating and entertaining your guests, including daily champagne breakfasts, a masked ball and a fabulous lunch on board a luxury yacht.
  
• Spend £400 000 on further entertainment (the boy band, Westlife)
• Splash out on a £200 000 dress (bought in New York) and a further £85 000 on trips to NYC for fittings.

That's just a teensy weensy glimpse into the planning of a seriously OTT wedding.

Keep in mind that Coleen spent a small fortune for her hen night week and that Wayne is about to embark on his four day stag festivities, which involves flying 25 friends to Ibiza, where he has hired a private villa. Wayne has budgeted £10 000 a head and has told his friends to 'leave their wallets at home'.

Is this terribly, disgustingly excessive or only to be expected from someone whose job pulls in £115,000 a week, plus £10million a year in sponsorship deals and also has a £3million book deal?

One has to wonder why the couple are getting married in Italy at all. They have to have a civil ceremony at home in the UK first, and even then, cannot have a proper religious blessing ceremony in Italy because of Papal law. An official in the Genoa Curia marriage office said: "A blessing in an unauthorised venue has no religious significance at all. No priest in Italy would do such a thing as it would incur the wrath of his bishop."

So Coleen has to fly in her mother's priest to perform some sort of religious ceremony, which, because she's a staunch Catholic, is extremely important to her. It begs the question: why choose such a wedding-unfriendly venue with all the attendant problems and cost?

This is a wedding that's starting to look ridiculous. Almost laughable.

Rosamund Pike, the actress who became known for her role in the 007 film Die Another Day, has cancelled her wedding to movie director, Joe Wright. The couple met in 2005 during the filming of Pride and Prejudice, which Joe directed, and they got engaged last September at Lake Como in Italy.

They were supposed to get married last weekend but Rosamunde suddenly decided she couldn't go through with it and cancelled the wedding. Why? We don' t know. It could just be a case of cold feet. She isn't saying, however, leaving us to wonder what on earth happened. Judging from the reports of her devastation, though, it must have been something awful but the actress is keeping the reason private.

Meanwhile, her mother was left with the unpleasant task of cancelling the florist and the wedding cake, in between consoling her daughter. What a nightmare!

Joe, on the other hand, has been seen out and about, visiting strip clubs, surrounded by a bevy of girls. Well that didn't take long, did it! Rosamunde, however, has been feeling too miserable to go out and cancelled her plans to attend a party last Thursday.

Well, whatever the reason for the sudden change of heart, it's off. Never an easy thing to do, there is a correct way to cancel a wedding and to respond to the news of a cancellation.

Jade Jagger's DJ boyfriend, Dan Williams, has marriage on his mind. He's been dating Mick Jagger's 36-year-old daughter for five years, and says, "I'm designing a ring for Jade. I've decided it's time to ask her to marry me. I've been married before, but I'll do it again. Jade's a very special woman."

Jade, an English model, jewelry designer, and socialite (and the only child resulting from the marriage between Mick and Bianca Jagger), has two daughters from a previous relationship with Piers Jackson, but has never been married.

The couple lives in both London and on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza, so it's anyone's guess as to what kind of wedding they'll have. The only thing we're pretty sure about is that it will be fabulous.

When Danish Prince Joachim married French-born Marie Chevallier last week, it was a wedding that bore all the usual stately hallmarks of a royal occasion, with the bonus of fabulous French elegance. The ceremony, which was televised live to the Danish nation, was the second marriage for the Prince, who was accompanied to the chapel by his two young sons.

Marie wore a full-skirted, off-white gown by Arasa Morelli, made of 19th century inspired lace and tulle. To add a sumptuous, fairytale element to her gown she also had a 3 metre train, and finished off the gorgeous ensemble with a stunning 19th century tiara borrowed from her mother-in-law, Queen Margarethe.

Kate Middleton might have found her prince, but before she can marry him, she needs to find one more thing -- a proper job. The Queen, who has met Kate (or Catherine, as we're supposed to start calling her now), thinks she's a perfectly lovely girl but is concerned about her lack of serious employment.

It's something she has discussed with her grandson, Prince William, and so even though Wils and Kate recently returned from a romantic holiday among speculation that he proposed while away, the Queen feels a proposal right now would be premature. According to a source, the Queen "is very concerned about what the repercussions could be if Kate is not in a stable job as and when William is ready to propose."

This weekend, Napa Valley is getting spicy. Manager of the Spice Girls, Simon Fuller, is getting married in California's famous wine country, and several members of the band are heading into town to witness the nuptials.

Geri Halliwell and Emma Bunton (aka Baby and Ginger) arrived in California, joined by Emma's partner Jade Jones. Geri left her latest loves, daughter Bluebell and beau Ivan 'Flipz' Velez, at home. Mel B (Scary) also flew in for the occasion, along with her hubby.

Victoria Beckham lived up to her Spice name -- Posh -- by arriving via private jet, but she was wearing (gasp!) flats! No sign of any of her boys. It is believed that Mel C will make the trip, though she apparently partied pretty hard the night before her transatlantic flight -- she can always sleep during the trip, right? Maybe Posh's bony shoulders will help to prop her up during the wedding ...

Ugh. Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are engaged. Again. Sort of

The couple first agreed to swap vows (instead of just the usual saliva and other grossness) last year after Spencer proposed to her on an episode of The Hills, but after they realized they didn't agree on absolutely everything, Heidi decided she wasn't ready to get married. The couple remained together, though, and have sought publicity from nearly every conceivable angle.

While it has been widely rumored that Harrison Ford popped the question to his girlfriend, Calista Flockhart, on April Fool's Day (either 2007 or 2008, depending on the source), the couple's rep is denying the engagement.

The Indiana Jones star, 65, first met the erstwhile Ally McBeal in 2002 and have been dating happily ever since. However, Harrison has two divorces under his belt, one of which cost him $100 million, so it's understandable that he might be a little hesitant to take a third trip down the aisle.

We're going to go ahead and hope that he's just putting the proposal on hold so he can film one more Indiana Jones movie before getting hitched. Wishful thinking, perhaps, but we're hoping all the same.