2025-05-02
44 分钟They called it India's own royal wedding.
Last July, over three days of ceremonies,
a young couple born into India's new billionaire class married in Mumbai.
The bride was Radhika Merchant,
heiress to a pharmaceuticals empire.
The groom was Anant Ambani,
son of Mukesh Ambani,
India's wealthiest businessman.
It was a lavish affair.
Guests included Hillary Clinton,
the Kardashians and Mark Zuckerberg.
There were performances by Rihanna, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber.
It even featured a Mediterranean cruise.
In total, the wedding cost more than $600 million,
or about half a percent of the Ambani family's net wealth.
I would just like to thank my mother, my father, my sister.
for making this event so memorable for me and Radhika.
We get invited, or I get invited, I should say, to the weddings frequently.
One person familiar with these kinds of high-class nuptials,
or at least the courtship leading up to them, is Claire Sweetingham.