Celebrity weddings aren’t really our thing here at One Fab Day, simply because there’s very little practical inspiration to be gleaned from an eccentric Hollywood Hills bash, complete with 10ft wedding cake and nude sculptures of the happy couple (we haven't forgotten, Victoria and David Beckham!). But we’re making an exception for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle!
Not only are Prince Harry and Meghan Markle fricking adorable (we still haven’t recovered from their gorgeous engagement portraits), but they’ve got something in common with many of our real wedding couples, in that they’re looking to rip a couple of pages out of the rulebook when they get hitched.
So from now until the royal wedding on May 19th, we'll be giving you a weekly dose of Meghan-related goss, and even having a go at predicting some of key elements of the big day. We've thought about looking for clues in her first wedding - a beach bash in Jamaica in 2011, in which she married movie producer Trevor Engelson - but somehow, we can't see her rocking up to Windsor Castle in a strapless cotton maxi dress!
In fact, when we looked into it, we realised that lots of stars did a 180° spin when they got hitched for the second time! Keep reading and you'll see what we mean...
Kim Kardashian has miraculously managed to keep pictures of her 2000 wedding to pop producer Damon Thomas off the internet, but, as you can see, there was a massive change-up between her heavily-televised fairytale wedding to basketball player Kris Humphries, and the chic Italian bash she and Kanye West threw in 2014.
Until this very moment, we didn't realise that bridal bowler hats were a thing, but leave it to Madonna to surprise us with an outfit that she wore 33 years ago! Her 1985 wedding to Sean Penn and 2000 wedding to Guy Ritchie were equally elaborate affairs but she swapped out the laid-back, grunge-inspired look for regal Edwardian styling the second time around.
The enormous bouquet at Mariah Carey's wedding to Columbia Records boss Tommy Mottola overshadows pretty much everything else about their 1993 bash, so we're not surprised that she ditched the flowers and donned a slinky, figure-hugging gown when she wed Nick Cannon in 2008. Five years later, they renewed their vows at Disneyland with their two children, the whole family clad in Cinderella-worthy finery. Oh, Mariah, never change!
Proving that you don't even need to marry a different person to completely overhaul your wedding style, actors Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton made it official twice, first in 1964 with an effortlessly-styled, low-key ceremony (Liz was way ahead of the curve with her floral headpiece, don't you think?) and, after a messy divorce and elated reconciliation, a secret and super casual elopement in a remote village in Botswana in 1975. 
We suspect Mom Tina had something to do with the styling at Solange Knowles' wedding to Daniel Smith in 2004, which bears a striking resemblance to an early Destiny's Child photoshoot. But Solange took the reins when she married Alan Ferguson in 2014, a wedding that's gone down in history as one of the coolest of all time!
Meghan Markle's first wedding was all about the party - she spent most of her big day in a yellow bikini, and we've yet to find a picture of the four-day bash where she doesn't have a drink in hand - but a little more formality is required when she joins the British royal family as Prince Harry's wife on May 19th! Over the next 16 weeks (yes, we're counting!) we'll be trying to predict the couple's every move, from shoes to cakes, so stay with us!
Still gathering ideas for your big day? Head over to our details section for more inspiration, and be sure to check in with us next Friday for some more Meghan Markle chat!
