Despite a fall in numbers over recent years, more than 230,000 people tie the knot in the UK every year. The royal wedding is also likely to promote a resurgence in marriage in the following years.

The royal wedding is likely to have cost over £20,000,000 and although the typical UK wedding is nowhere near this cost, a UK wedding is still extremely expensive, costing on average £19,0000.

It's not surprising that a typical wedding is so expensive when you consider the cost of the venue, photographer, DJ, the rings, the wedding dress, mother of the bride dress, the groom's outfit, the bridesmaid dresses, evening wear, flower girls and page boys.

Not an altogether exhaustive list and cost aside just choosing the wedding dress can be a massive undertaking with numerous choices of dress which can be hand pleated, hand beaded, hand embroidered. Will the dress be a ball gown, empire, A-line princess look, silhouette, mermaid or chiffon.