Before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: The Most Expensive Royal Weddings Ever

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had a lavish wedding. But did they top some of the most expensive royal weddings ever?

by Michelle Kapusta

Published on June 1, 2018

5 min read

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tied the knot in a lavish affair in May 2018. With every royal wedding comes a royal price tag and their big event was no different.

Here’s a look at some of the other priciest royal weddings ever from the least to most costly. Click through to see where Harry’s brother and sister-in-law, Prince William and Kate Middleton, rank compared to his parents, Prince Charles and Diana.

You’ll be amazed by the cost of this 15th century wedding (page 11).

11. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel, Duke of Vastergotland pose after their wedding in Storkyrkan Church on June 19, 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. — Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel, Duke of Vastergotland pose after their wedding. | Jonas Ekstromer/ Pool/Getty Images

Wedding cost: $3 million

This pair certainly aren’t the most famous of all the royals, but Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling still spent a healthy amount of around $3 million when they said “I do” in 2010.

The princess married her fitness trainer in a wedding that was dubbed by many as the biggest since Prince Charles and Diana’s. The royal and Westling said their vows at the Stockholm Cathedral in front of family and friends, which included six kings and nine queens.

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