The year 2011 saw many celebrity weddings, including Prince William and Kate Middleton's fairy tale royal wedding and publicity stunt queen Kim Kardashian's extravagant marriage.
Thanks to the live media coverage, many of these weddings became mega events.
Check out the images below to see a few of the most widely covered celebrity weddings in 2011.
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and NBA player Kris Humphires got married in a lavish televised wedding Aug. 20, which reportedly brought her millions. Sadly, the couple filed for divorce 72 days after they wed.
Their wedding in Montecito, Calif., made a two-part TV special showing the preparations and much more and it aired on E! in early October.
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Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, got married this year in Westminster Abbey, central London on April 29, 2011. Kate looked breathtaking in her wedding gown designed by Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton. The "ivory satin bodice is padded slightly at the hips and narrowed at the waist, and was inspired by the Victorian tradition of corsetry that is a particular Alexander McQueen hallmark. On the back are 58 buttons of gazar and organza, which fasten by means of Rouleau loops. The underskirt is made of English Cluny lace over silk tulle."
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England captain Mike Tindall was photographed holding a dwarf upside down by the ankles and was apparently involved in “dwarf tossing”.
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Prince Albert II of Monaco and his wife Princess Charlene got married on July 2, 2011.
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Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (R) and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck wave during their welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo November 16, 2011.
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“She reasoned that [the pregnancy] happened during an increasingly rare night of makeup sex,” an insider said about Miranda Lambert.
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Canadian country singer Shania Twain poses with her husband Frederic Nicolas Thiebaud after unveiling her star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California June 2, 2011. They wed on New Year’s Day in Puerto Rico.
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