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Buckingham Palace may have lavish plans for Prince Charles' wedding, but it will have to go far to top a style of royal nuptials unusual even for fabled Arabian sheikdoms. For the wedding of his eldest son Mohammed and his bride Princess Salama, Sheik Zayed, the President of the United Arab Emirates, threw a $40 million bash in Abu Dhabi...
Mounted on a white steed, Bridegroom Mohammed rode at dawn to the portal of Salama's palace. He was preceded by a caravan of 20 camels laden with trunks of diamonds, emeralds and rubies. If these gifts seemed mere baubles to the bride, it was because her father Sheik Hamdan had given her an entire town with three skyrise apartment buildings, a luxury hotel and 55 shops and boutiques...
...making a whistling sound like the warbling of nightingales. A crowd of 20,000 feasted on mutton, turkey and Arabian specialties, such as tabbouleh, spread on long buffet tables set up in the city streets. A good time was had, though perhaps not by all. Following strict Bedouin tradition, Bride Salama was cloistered in her room the entire seven days and missed her own wedding celebration...
Love seemed to be such an easy game to play for Ringo Starr, 40, as he emerged from London's Marleybone town hall with his new bride. Actress Barbara Bach, 34, and a pair of comely young bridesmaids -their daughters by former marriages-Ringo's Lee, 10, and Barbara's Francesca...
...right, but there was nothing barefoot-on-the-beach about it. Indeed, last weekend's marriage of First Daughter Maureen Reagan, 40,-her third -to Law Clerk Dennis Revell, 28, was downright stuffy by Pacific standards. For her trip up the aisle at the Beverly Wilshire, the bride wore an off-white chiffon blouse and taffeta skirt; the groom was decked out in a midnight-blue suit. The nuptials were attended by a small group of friends and family members that included Mother Jane Wyman, 67, and Brother Michael Reagan. The bride's father, still recuperating in Washington...