The billionaire, the TV dragon and a very cheesy wedding in paradise . . . oh, and even Fergie turned up!
ANY father wants the best for his daughter on her wedding day.
And Phones4U billionaire John Caudwell certainly splashed the cash with a three-day celebration at the weekend.
Mr Caudwell, 66, laid on a lavish wedding and two parties as daughter Libby, 31, married Simon Morgan. He and his partner Modesta Vzesniauskaite, a Lithuanian cyclist who is only four years older than Libby, invited guests including former Dragon’s Den star Duncan Bannatyne, 70, his wife Nigora Whitehorn, 39, and Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson.
Fergie, 59, in an emerald green dress, was seen standing next to Mr Caudwell, who had his arm around her, in one of the wedding photographs. The pair are firm friends and he attended the wedding of her daughter Princess Eugenie last year.
Other guests on the islet of Sveti Stefan, a haunt in Montenegro once a playground for the rich and famous, included Mrs Whitehorn’s friend, the Lithuanian social media star Viktorija Siegel, and Sergey Egorov, chairman of Russian drilling firm Arcticmorgeo.
Mr Caudwell, who sold Phones4U in 2006 for £1.5billion, gushed on Instagram: ‘My beautiful daughter Libby is married!
Pictures from the ceremony show Mr Caudwell standing next to his daughter, who wore a strapless wedding gown with simple white lace veil. Others, from a fancy dress party, show him being nuzzled by Miss Vzesniauskaite.
The celebrations took place at a five-star hotel in the Adriatic resort, which before the Balkan war was a playground for the rich and famous, including Sophia Loren, Princess Margaret and Elizabeth Taylor.
Guests were invited to arrive in time for Friday night’s party, billed on the invitation as a ‘decadent bohemian moveable feast’. For those with the energy after Saturday’s wedding ceremony and reception, that saw dancing until 3am, there was a beach party on Sunday at which Mrs Whitehorn and Miss Siegel wore skimpy gold bikinis.