Catherine put €1.1m wedding photos in dark room for 20yrs
IT WAS one of the biggest showbiz weddings ever and pictures of it were at the centre of a €1.1million court battle. So isn’t astonishing to discover that Catherine Zeta-Jones didn’t get round to looking at the photos of her marriage to Hollywood royalty Michael Douglas for almost 20 years.
And after all the secrecy at the time, Catherine has finally revealed that the event was a raucous affair that ended with her playing the piano at 6am.
The Welsh actress says of the photos: ‘I looked at the proofs and that was it – I never made an album. The photographer got in touch recently so about three weeks ago I got to see all my wedding photographs. It was a wonderful day.’
Catherine and Michael tied the knot at New York’s Plaza Hotel in November 2000 in front of guests including Michael Caine, Sean Connery and
Brad Pitt. The couple also struck a €1.1million photo deal with OK! for exclusive rights.
However, rival Hello! published some secretly-taken shots, sparking the high court battle, during which Catherine gave evidence. Eventually, Hello! paid out more than €1.1million.
Catherine – nicknamed Dame Doom by her husband because of her moments of insecurity – recalled that, at one point, a host of people were singing around the piano when she realised the pianist had vanished.
After asking about his whereabouts, a man replied: ‘He’s gone home, Mrs Douglas, it’s 6am!’ She added: ‘I didn’t know what time it was. I couldn’t tell you it was daylight outside – it was like Vegas. I got on the piano!’
The couple have two children – Dylan, 19, and Carys, 16 – and Catherine insists that despite them being born into privilege, they are both down-to-earth teenagers.