UK SOCIALITE MIDDLETON TO SPEND $322,414 ON HER WEDDING.

Popular  English socialite, author, columnist, and the younger sister of  Catherine, Duchess Of Catherine  The future Lady Glen Affric, Middleton began receiving media attention with her appearance as the maid of honour at her sister's wedding to Prince William Prince in 2001, and has continued to do so for her charity work and fashion.

In a couple of days from now she will be getting married to James Matthews , While most of the details remain under wraps, the facts available indicate that, even at a conservative estimate, the wedding will be an expensive day. The cost is put at  $322,414, (Three hundred and twenty two thousand and four hundred and fourteen pounds,

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Apparently 15 times the UK average , according to wedding planning site Bridebook , who have come up with an estimated cost for the big day  -

Here's the breakdown: as published by:www.msn.com

1. Venue/Marquee – £65,000 ($84,000)
Although the reception is being hosted at the Middleton's home, they are still expecting 350 guests, meaning a huge - and deluxe - marquee is required.

This, Bridebook estimates, will start at £25,000 but can easily go much higher.
Even though it's May, that's no guarantee of good weather either.
So it may be there's another marquee for drinks in case it rains, plus a fully-equipped catering tent.

2. Catering – £70,000 ($91,000)

Pippa and James are used to a certain lifestyle, and no doubt will want to feed and water their guests well.
A tip-top London caterer will charge over £170 per guest for catering.
This includes all food, chefs and staffing, glassware and crockery hire, and linen hire.
Because their reception is in a marquee, an extra level of staffing is required, increasing Pippa's catering costs to around £200 per guest, of which she's inviting 350.

3. Dress – £10,000 ($13,000)
Perhaps the one detail eagle-eyes wedding watchers are keen to see, Pippa's wedding dress is rumoured to the handiwork of designer Giles Deacon and will, of course, be bespoke.
Giles also designed Abbey Clancy's wedding dress, which set her back a cool £10,000.

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4. Drinks – £17,720 ($23,000)
Let's face it, it's probably not going to be a cash bar.
Bridebook worked out around 233 bottles of champagne alone will be drunk to keep the guests topped up during the drinks reception and speeches.
The sort of champagne on offer will cost around £9,320. Plus there'll be fine wines for the wedding breakfast and open-bar cocktails for the evening.