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We Now Pronounce: The Most Extravagant Celebrity Weddings

As we gear up for Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding, take a look back at the most lavish star nuptials (17 Photos)

Eileen Clarke & Samantha Chin on Apr 22, 2011 at 3:03AM

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We Now Pronounce: The Most Extravagant Celebrity Weddings

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Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise

After a whirlwind 19-month romance, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise exchanged vows on Nov. 18, 2006, in Lake Bracciano, Italy, in an elaborate sunset ceremony before more than 150 guests. At the service inside the 15th-century Odescalchi Castle, their 7-month-old daughter Suri was in attendance, as were Cruise’s children from his marriage to Nicole Kidman (Isabella and Connor), and best man David Miscavige, head of the Church of Scientology. The entire wedding party wore Armani, and Cruise, 44, and Holmes, 27, gave one another white gold Cartier rings with diamonds. Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli entertained guests -- including Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony and Victoria Beckham -- as they dined on risotto, sea bass with artichokes, and parmesan-crusted fillet from Dal Bolognese, the groom’s favorite restaurant in Rome. Now that's some fine catering!