UNITED KINGDOM: Final wedding preparations are under at Sudeley Castelin the Cotswalds for the union of Liz Hurley and textiles tycoon Arun Nayar before both travel to India for five days of celebrations

Final preparations for the wedding of British model and actress Elizabeth Hurley to Indian businessman Arun Nayar to be held at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire on Saturday (March 3) are entering their final stages. A giant marquee has been erected in the gardens of Sudeley Castle with a covered walkway stretching from the marquee to the main house. The British press is full of speculation as to who will be attending the 'Showbiz wedding of the year' with Kate Moss, Elton John, Victoria Beckham and Hugh Grant all but a few of those names rumoured to be attending. Hurley, the former lover of Hollywood actor Hugh Grant, announced in August 2006 that she would marry Nayar, a jet-setting Indian businessman, and that she was also thinking of having a baby with him. The 41-year-old "Bedazzled" star ended a 13-year relationship with actor Hugh Grant in 2000 after his well-publicised encounter with a prostitute. Two years later, Hurley had a son with U.S. film producer Steve Bing. She met Nayar, who is a something of celebrity himself, shortly after her child was born. It has been reported in the British Media that Hurley has asked guests to break from tradition and give pigs and cows as wedding gifts so as to help her stock her country estate. The actress is said to be wanting to build up her organic farm at Barnsley, near Cirencester. After UK wedding Hurley and Nayar will travel back to India and will then spend five days celebrating their Indian wedding the The Times of India newspaper has reported For the Indian wedding, Hurley has favoured an Indian designer over Versace, deciding on a 4,000 pound sterling pink silk sari, created by Tarun Tahiliani.

ITN Source | March 7, 2007

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