Priyanka and Nick set to marry in royal style
mUmbAi: Quantico star Priyanka Chopra and US singer Nick Jonas are to marry this weekend in a twoday ceremony at a venue dubbed India’s most opulent royal palace.
Priyanka, 36, and 26-year-old Nick were engaged this year after meeting at an Oscars after-party last year.
The couple arrived with their families in the western Indian heritage city of Jodhpur on Thursday, and headed to the Umaid Bhawan Palace where the wedding will take place.
“People will need vacations after this wedding,” Priyanka said in an interview with Vogue magazine published on Thursday.
The palace is the home of the Jodhpur royal family, and is believed to be the world’s sixth largest private residence.
Part of the palace has been converted into a Taj heritage hotel with peacocks roaming 26 acres of landscaped gardens. A night’s stay in the Grand Presidential suite can cost more than 500,000 rupees (RM29,949), according to the hotel website.
Details about the wedding have been scarce, but Hollywood actors Dwayne Johnson, Lupita Nyong’o and talk show host Kelly Ripa are among those expected to attend, India media reported.
Vogue said there would be two ceremonies – a traditional Hindu service and a Christian one that would be officiated by Nick’s father.
The groom will be dressed in royal attire and enter the wedding on a horse, a popular tradition in most North Indian weddings, Vogue said.
Priyanka is one of Bollywood’s biggest female leads with acting credits in several big-ticket films.
Nick and his brothers Kevin and Joe formed a pop-rock band, The Jonas Brothers, in 2005 and soared to fame as members of Disney’s stable of teenage stars.