AH, celebrities and politicians, those wonderful beacons of glitz, glamour and obnoxious hypocrisy. Take the world’s most expensive and longest-running wedding celebrations — six months on and still going strong. The £350million nuptials of Anant Ambani and pharmaceutical heiress Radhika Merchant are proving the ultimate spectacle of obscene wealth in an age of inequality.
Guests at last week’s fanfare ceremony in Mumbai included former PMs Tony Blair , the ultimate champagne socialist, and Boris Johnson who, to be fair, has never shied away from his propensity for Krug. Kim and Khloe Kardashian were also there in full Indian regalia. Before that, we had Justin Bieber , Mark Zuckerberg and Rihanna all attending no expense spared pre-wedding bashes.
Supermodel Karlie Kloss wore a traditional sari to one lavish party. But, of course, when Hollywood elites do cultural appropriation, it’s called “dazzling” — when mere mortals sport a henna tattoo, it’s cancel culture territory. Now this ridiculous circus is rolling into town — incongruously headed to Slough (alas not the Mars Bar factory, rather a posh estate called Stoke Park) — for some sort of UK afterparty.
The whole point, of course, is to market India as a global world power — “Look how rich and happy and cool we are, guys! Most read in The Sun "Come holiday here! Trade with us!” The Ambanis hired 100 jets to fly guests from around the world to the three-day wedding in Mumbai. Every five-star hote.
