The Most Expensive Birthday Party of All Time
Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan and Prime Minister of Brunei, threw himself a two-week 50th birthday party for $27 million in 1996. It was apparently planned by a fifth grader: It included a Michael Jackson concert, a polo game in which Prince Charles played and a nice dinner where everyone was given a gold medal for… being his friend, we guess?
The Kardashians Found an Island Where COVID Didn’t Exist and Ghosts Come to Life
Right smack in the heat of the pandemic, Kim Kardashian’s 40th birthday party was held on a private island and recreated all of her previous birthdays. Kanye West paid to have a hologram company bring O.J. Simpson’s lawyer back to life and talk to her, Mufasa-style.
Simon Cowell Spent $1 Million and Still Threw An Absolute Dud
When he turned 50 in 2009, he borrowed a friend’s mansion and paid for a performance by his favorite Irish pop band and a toast from Kate Moss. Cool, man.
Naomi Campbell’s Long Weekend Frat Bash
She celebrated her 36th birthday in Dubai, spending $1.8 million on three nights of uninspired theme parties: Night one was “All White,” night two was “Hip Hop” and night three was “Brazilian Samba.”
You Get a Waiter, You Get a Waiter, Et Cetera
Oprah mixed business with pleasure when she kicked off her 50th birthday with a live taping of her show that melted into a long weekend of parties. At one black-tie event, there were 200 waiters on hand for the 200 famous ass-kissers in attendance.
The Most Expensive Wedding in History
The best anyone can tell, the most expensive wedding ever occurred in 2016. Two disastrously powerful Russian families were contractually entwined when Khadija Uzhakhov and Said Gutseriev married, and the party cost an estimated $1 billion.
Prince Charles and Princess Diana
They kept it demure with a cost of $48 million (about $166 million adjusted for inflation). The people’s princess wore a humble 25-foot-long dress covered in 10,000 pearls.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Harry’s wedding clocked in just under his parents at $45 million. Markle wore a custom Givenchy dress and treated her veil like it was decoration on a graduation cap, with symbolism representing her home state of California and her new husband’s own British Commonwealth.
Prince William and Kate Middleton
Bizarrely, they spent almost nothing on the wedding itself — approximately $32 million of the $33 million price tag was for security alone. The next biggest expenses were a $400,000 dress and $800,000 on flowers and trees at the venue.
$400,000 for a First Birthday
Cardi B and Offset spent almost half a million dollars on their daughter Kulture’s rainbow-themed birthday party. The Build-A-Bear workshop took up some of that budget.
A $30,000 Tribute to History’s Worst Earworm
Jason Derulo spent that much on a “Baby Shark”-themed second birthday party with all the requisite playgrounds and ball pits.
Possibly An Even More Wasteful Kardashian Birthday Party
For her 9th birthday, Kim Kardashian and Kanye sent North West and her friends via private jet to an outdoor adventure spot in Wyoming they nicknamed Camp North.
How Much Pink Does $100,000 Buy?
David Beckham and Posh Spice threw down six figures for a first birthday that was just a bunch of pink stuff (including live animals like rabbits and ponies).
$100,000 on Food and Butterflies
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spent twice your yearly paycheck on a second birthday party that was catered by renowned chef Wolfgang Puck and turned their home into a butterfly pavilion.
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