CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: SHOTLIST(including transcript):- File New York. May 9, 2003 1. Donald Trump with Melania Knauss (slow motion) Paris. October 5, 2004 2 Christian Dior show with John Galiano New York. 1997 3. Donald and Ivana Trump New York. September 22, 2002 4. Ivana Trump London. November 2004 5. Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles Los Angeles. January 16, 2005 6. P.Diddy Los Angeles. April 2004 7. Bruce Willis London. November 2004 8. Elton John Los Angeles. 2002 9. Oprah Winfrey London. January 2004 10. Liza Minnelli Frankfurt. October 2003 11. Muhammad Ali TRUMP DOES A DEAL ON OWN WEDDING When flamboyant multi-millionaire Donald Trump, 58, celebrates, he celebrates big, and his wedding to fiancée Melania Knauss, 34, later today will be no exception. The 'Apprentice' kingpin's extravagant, destination wedding will be held at Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Florida. The blushing bride will be wearing a design by hot commodity John Galliano for Christian Dior. A white duchesse satin confection, the gown is constructed of almost 300-feet (91.4 metres) of material with a 13-foot train (4 metes), crowned by a 16-foot (4.9 metes) veil. It took 1,000 hours to make, and 550 hours to embroider more than 1,500 crystal rhinestones and pearls in a swirl pattern. At one point in the process, the made-to-measure dress required the skills of all 28 seamstresses in the Dior Couture atelier. The retail price tag is estimated to be in the $200,000 range, though it is likely that the cost was significantly less for Knauss, because of the valuable publicity associated with the high profile wedding. Indeed, ever the entrepreneur, Mr Trump, the New York Times reported, managed to get many items free or at a reduced price, from Ms Knauss's $1.5m 13-carat diamond ring to the catering. Trump, who made a fortune in property and casinos, came to epitomise the 1980s 'greed is good' mentality with his brash, opinionated style. A downturn in fortunes saw him face financial ruin in the 1990s but since he has restored his business empire. Probably the most famous corporate figure in the U.S, the New Yorker once said: "You know, it really doesn't matter what (the media) write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of ass." The Slovenian model will be Donald Trump's third wife. His first two marriages ended in very public divorces: the first from wife Ivana after nearly 15 years, the second from Marla Maples after less than six years. Maples, the other woman in his first, 1990 divorce, split with Trump for good in 1999. Trump has three children with Ivana and a daughter with Maples. Approximately 400 of Trump's closest and dearest friends will attend the nuptials from the prince of hip-hop, P. Diddy, to the prince of England, Prince Charles. Other guests include Elton John, Oprah, Liza Minnelli, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas. Guests at this weekend's wedding will be pampered for the three-day affair, which will offer spa treatments, golf, tennis and more before and after the celebration. The wedding itself will take place this evening at a Spanish-gothic cathedral, built in 1889, which sits at the edge of a pond by elaborate gardens. The lavish reception will take place at the Mar-a-Lago Club in a 17,000-square-foot Crystal Pavilion that Trump built specifically for the occasion, featuring ornate, gold-inlay décor and a French marble floor. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/8591b1c505db002f4bab35479088c358 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 21 Jul 2015
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