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Probably the most expensive champagne in the world.  A bottle of 1961 vintage Dom Perignon champagne that was ordrered for the wedding of Britain’s Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana’s will be auctioned off.

The 1961 vintage champagne “Dom Perignon” was selected by the Royal House for the event because it Diana’s birth year.  James Grinter of auction house Reeman Dansie said, “It is very rare to find a Royal Wedding bottle of 1961 Dom Perignon because it was a strictly limited release and even rarer to find it still sealed in its original box.”

According to sources, only 99 bottles of the vintage – regarded as one of the best diamonds ever produced – were shipped across from the France’s Champagne region for the wedding.  It had been thought that every bottle had been opened and drunk at the celebration, however it seems there’s one bottle left for some lucky buyer to enjoy.

LA Laker star player Lamar Odom and reality TV star Khloe Kardashian finally tied the knot and married in Beverly Hills this Sunday after only a month long relationship.

Kardashian wore a Vera Wang gown to compliment her stunning engagement ring. The bridal party wore lavender outfits and carried magical bouquets of white roses.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian recently took to her blog to show off photos of herself trying on her mother’s (Kris Jenner) old wedding gowns. The photo shoot was her way of cheering up her mom, since younger sis Khloe Kardashian called the dress (which Jenner wore to marry first husband Robert Kardashian) “ugly” while they were taping the wedding special for the family’s reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

“It was a perfect fit,” Kim blogged. “I did look like Little Bo Peep, but it was pretty special. I then tried on my mom’s dress she wore when she married Bruce. It’s sooo 90s hahaha.”

Ivanka ‘Diamonds‘ Trump made a fresh statement when she married Jared Kushner, wearing a lace Vera Wang wedding dress with sleeves.

Trump’s dress has already inspired brides-to-be who have been opting for strapless dresses for years. “Nothing would make me happier,” Wang has said about the potential of a sleeve trend. “I’ve been doing strapless dresses for 15 years. It’s tiring.”

On average, U.S. households will spend $390 on Christmas gifts this year, a small percent drop from 2008. The average projected spending per household was slightly lower than an earlier survey taken by the National Retail Federation (NRF) in which average spending on gifts was projected to be about $508.

Consumers expect to approach offline online shopping very cautiously many preferring to save mney with the exceptional deals being offered at online stores, searching for incentives, such as free shipping and discounts, according to the group’s Consumer Internet Barometer, a separate survey produced quarterly by The Conference Board and TNS.

Top online items for shoppers this year include books, apparel, toys/games, movies and gift certificates. Some 0.5 percent of respondents planned to buy diamonds and jewelry online.

Take That fans met outside a famous church in a Scottish Highland village in a hope to catch sight one of thier idols, the singer Mark Owen as he marries his long term fiancee Emma Ferguson at Cawdor Village Church.
After a long engagement when Emma was presented with a stunning loose diamond for her to set into the ring of her choice, the couple spent some time planning where and how to marry.

The former Take That star planned a low-key wedding, with the couple refusing offers from a number of celebrity magazines to photograph the wedding in return for a large pay day. The couple and their children, Elwood and Willow Rose, were joined by a 50-strong wedding party, including fellow band members Jason Orange, Howard Donald and Gary Barlow.

Their wedding party was held at the nearby Cawdor Castle after the service.

The Highlands are known for high-profile celebrity weddings. In 2000, Madonna and Guy Ritchie tied the knot at Skibo Castle, and had their son Rocco christened at nearby Dornoch Cathedral.