Petra Ecclestone, Formula One Heiress, Weds in Lavish, 5 Million Dollar Wedding

Aug. 29, 2011 -- What does it take to top the wedding extravaganzas of even a royal bride, Kate Middleton, and a royal wanna-be bride, Kim Kardashian?

Ask British heiress and socialite Petra Ecclestone, 22, whose reported $5 million wedding was held over the weekend in Italy at the same 15th century castle where Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes wed in 2006.

Ecclestone's wedding to businessman James Stunt had all the accoutrements of previous weddings of the century. It included a custom-made Vera Wang gown and royal attendees but also $6,500 per-bottle wine, fireworks and entertainment that ranged from Andrea Bocelli to the Black Eyed Peas.

"Petra Ecclestone's wedding topped them all," Hollywood Life reporter Chloe Melas told ABC News. "It was like Kate Middleton and Kim Kardashian's wedding combined."

The three-day extravaganza took place at the Castello Orsini-Odescalchi, outside Rome. The bride arrived for the nuptials in a white Rolls Royce. She wore a $130,000 custom Vera Wang gown, which was accented by diamonds on her ears and a diamond tiara on her head.

Andrea Bocelli sang for the happy couple after they delivered their vows in an hour-long outdoor ceremony.

Then it was time to party for Ecclestone and Stunt and their 350 guests, who included a royal snubbed by William and Kate at their wedding in April, Sarah, Dutchess of York, and her daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.

Also on hand for the nuptials were U.S. socialites Nicky and Paris Hilton, to whom the bride and her older sister, and fellow millionaire, Tamara, 27, are often compared.