Son of the richest man on the planet Mukesh Ambani - Anant - has been celebrating his wedding with Rahika Merchant for several months, which has not actually taken place yet - it is scheduled for July 12, writes Lenta.ru.
First, the newlyweds organized a luxurious three-day celebration in India - it was attended by Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Ivanka Trump and other famous people.
Now the couple has invited more than 1,200 people on a Mediterranean cruise on a luxury liner.
Guests were treated to dozens of dishes and entertained by famous stars, including Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli, Pitbull and DJ David Guetta.
Guests included relatives, friends, as well as family doctors and employees of companies owned by the couple's parents. They traveled between Palermo and Portofino on the liner Celebrity Ascent.
The value of the chartered vessel is 900 million pounds sterling.
There were guests on board ranging in age from 6 months to 90 years
The cruise started in Palermo, Italy and lasted four days. During the liner's stops, passengers could go ashore and walk. On the first night, the future newlyweds had an official evening on board, where the legendary group Backstreet Boys performed.
The bride appeared before the invited guests in a Robert Wun dress, on the fabric of which was printed the text of a love letter from the groom, written at the beginning of their relationship. “I want to show the dress to my children and grandchildren and tell them that our love was just like that. In the letter, Anant wrote about my best qualities,”, the bride said about the symbolic outfit.
The next day, the liner docked in Rome, where the heroes of the event organized another loud party on deck with a DJ set by David Guetta. For the event, Merchant wore an Indian saree designed by New York-based emerging designer Grace Ling, while the groom wore a 3D-printed aerospace aluminum vest.
The third day is marked by a masquerade ball organized at the Château de la Croix des Gardes in Cannes, where Alfred Hitchcock's movie To Catch a Thief was filmed in 1955. The headliner of the spectacular evening was the popular singer Katy Perry. At the end of the evening, guests marveled at powerful fireworks and danced until the morning at Pitbull's concert.
But the most attention of the guests was attracted by the bride, who appeared before them in an azure Versace dress. The fashion house's team worked on the custom-made outfit for more than a year. The girl's look was completed with a necklace from jewelry house Lorraine Schwartz with a rare blue opal surrounded by diamonds.
The choice of stones was not accidental: opal was the talisman stone of the bride, and diamonds - of the groom.
The vacation cruise ended in Portofino, on the shore of which Ambani and Merchant had an outdoor picnic with a concert by the famous tenor Andrea Bocelli. Tables, a stage and a restaurant were located right in the central square of the city. The bride appeared before the guests in an archival dress from the luxury brand Yves Saint Laurent for Dior, created by stylist Mimi Cattrell.
“Everything was great. I constantly got goosebumps”, concludes the newlywed, who is about to get married.
The couple got engaged back in December 2022. Then a traditional Roka ceremony took place, during which the bride and groom promised each other not to consider other marriage proposals.
Mukesh Ambani owns Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), an oil and gas producer. The annual turnover of the company is 104 billion dollars. He is ranked ninth on the Forbes list of billionaires and is known for his lavish spending. In 2018, the media already trumpeted the wedding of his daughter Mukesh, for which the father had to pay at least 15 million dollars. Now the billionaire is marrying his youngest son and, according to journalists, intends to spend even more money on the celebration.