More than 40% of couples now plan their weddings together, and three out of four grooms help select items for their wedding gift registries.

Greek brides believed that tucking a lump of sugar into the wedding gown would bring sweetness throughout married life.

Guests in ancient times would tear off part of the bride’s gown as tokens of good luck, leading to the tradition of the bride throwing both her garter and her bouquet.

Las Vegas is the top wedding destination with over 100,000 weddings a year, followed by Hawaii at 25,000 weddings a year.

Queen Victoria's wedding cake weighed a whopping 300 pounds. that's roughly the same as 205 pairs of shoes.

Seventeen tons of gold are made into wedding rings each year in the United States alone.

A bride's wedding day is often touted as "the happiest day of her life", but in all honesty it's often a very stressful experience as there are lots of conversations surrounding the whole thing and you can get caught up in family rows, and trying to please everyone. Still it's a good test of a couple's fortitude.

The average wedding in the UK cost between £20,000 and £30,000, but that's nothing compared to Prince Harry and Meghan's which apparently cost over £35 Million.