Splashing out ... Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have commissioned two £500,000 wedding bands
By GORDON SMART, Showbiz Editor
Published: Today at 02:31
BRAD Pitt and Angelina Jolie probably won’t risk taking their wedding rings
off to do the washing up – not after commissioning two £500,000 bands from
their jeweller Robert Procop.
The former boss of British jewellers Asprey & Garrard has been busy
producing matching bands for them at the Grand Hotel du Cap Ferrat, in the
south of France. And now they’re done and ready to go.
A source said: “Robert’s been busy all year making Brad and Angie’s wedding
rings.
“They are matching rose gold bands with a tablet-cut diamond in them and their
vows to each other engraved in them.
“You can’t see it with the naked eye but they both know they’re there.”
According to Michael Latz, who is mayor of the village of Correns near Brad
and Angelina’s home, the couple are due to finally get hitched this weekend.
Angelina
Jolie and Brad Pitt (fondly known to fans of the power couple as
'Brangelina') are rumoured to have married this weekend in a private
chapel ceremony...
There has been a great deal of anticipation this weekend, as it
seemed as if the long-awaited Jolie-Pitt wedding was set to take place
at the pair's private French estate.
Despite sources telling Reuters that the Brangelina wedding
couldn't go ahead this weekend due to legal issues, they did let slip
one crucial piece of information:
"Under French law couples have to get married at the town hall...
Unlike with a religious wedding, there's no way a couple can hold a
civil ceremony at their own home."
However, according to the Daily Mail, the pair have a private chapel on their estate - perfect for an at-home-and-perfectly-legal religious ceremony.
"After their engagement was announced it was learnt that a huge
reception hall was under construction at the Provence home. Aerial
images of the site in February showed a large white building being
erected next to the quaint chapel."
Intriguing.
A source also revealed to The Sun newspaper that, amongst
the guests gathered for the supposed 50th wedding anniversary of Brad
Pitt's parents, is the private jeweller who designed Angelina Jolie's
custom engagement ring:
"Brad flew in to oversee preparations but they’re all here now...
They say it’s for Jane and Bill, but some think this could be it. Even
Angelina’s private jeweller is here."
Perhaps that private jeweller is there with two brand-new custom
rings? Maybe two WEDDING BAND style rings, set to be debuted in that
oh-so-private religious ceremony?
Unfortunately, due to the nature of the ceremony and the security
surrounding the estate, whether the couple did have a wedding will not
be confirmed until either Brad or Angelina's reps make an announcement.
We have our confetti ready...
The wedding would “most likely take place on August 18”
- Mickael Latz, the mayor of the nearby village of Correns
BRAD Pitt and Angelina Jolie will marry on their French estate next weekend, a local mayor claimed yesterday.
A marquee has already been erected at Chateau Miraval in the southern Var region.
And increased deliveries of food and champagne have been spotted in preparation for the showbusiness spectacular.
But a helicopter pilot who flew across the £35million estate yesterday said it was “all but deserted”.
“There’s
nobody around at all,” said the pilot. “You can’t even see a single
security guard, let alone any of the catering staff or other essential
staff for a big wedding.”
Mickael Latz, the mayor of the nearby village of Correns, said the wedding would “most likely take place on August 18”.
“It’s a likely date,” he said. “There are no plans for a civil wedding in Correns this weekend.”
There have been claims that Brad’s parents Bill and Jane are at Chateau Miraval already.
Guests set to attend the wedding include George Clooney, 51, who is just a short flight away at his home on Lake Como, Italy.
It is thought that Brad, 48, and Angelina, 37, will wed in a private chapel in the grounds
Ok, these aren't the actual
pictures of their wedding, and we don't even know if they got married
today, but if they did, this is what it'd look like
We'd like to think that, if Ange did marry Brad, she'd make him shave that mane of hair off
It's here! The magical day: Saturday 11 August. And we don't just
mean it's seven days until The X Factor is on TV (although we're pretty
excited about that too) - we mean it's the rumoured date of Brad Pitt
and Angelina Jolie's wedding!
Does Brad look at these pictures (from Mr and Mrs Smith, obvs) and think 'I must get rid of this beard'?
It's heavily rumoured that the pair are set to tie the knot at
their French home, Chateau Miraval, because of the following facts:
1 They've built a massive reception hall
2 They got engaged earlier this year
And er, that's it. But then, Mummy and Daddy Pitt (that's Jane and Bill to you) arrived at the house yesterday
and we got all excited that today's the day!
Brad looks a bit drunk here, which is exactly how you're supposed to look on your wedding day.
Brad's taken time off filming a cameo in The Counsellor, and
Angelina was in London filming Maleficent, but the pair have decided to
take their six children to France for a holiday. Or a WEDDING.
Their
children - Maddox, 10, Pax, eight, Zahara, seven, five-year-old Shiloh
and twins Knox and Vivienne, aged three - are all there with them, but
there's no sign of Angelina's dad, Jon Voight. Possibly because he's a
bit of a chatty mouth when it comes to their lives. He's not the best
secret keeper, let's put it that way.
Brad and Ange: PLEASE get married and release cute pictures like these!
The couple got engaged in April, saying their children were
the driving force behind the decision. "Yes, it's confirmed. It is a
promise for the future and their kids are very happy. There's no date
set at this time," Brad's spokesperson said at the time.
Take note, Angelina: white is very you
So, enjoy these pictures from their 2005 film Mr and Mrs
Smith, then tell all your friends you attended Brad and Ange's top
secret wedding ceremony. You liked the chicken main course, but thought
the Eton Mess pudding needed more cream. Got it?
Here's the actual Chateau Miraval the wedding is supposed to take place in
We sent an X17 photographer all the way down to the south of France
-- it's pretty much in the middle of nowhere -- to check out Brad Pitt
and Angelina Jolie's chateau Miraval to see just what's going on and ...
drumroll, please ... there's NOTHING going on!
French media were reporting Thursday that the couple was set to wed tomorrow, Saturday, Aug 11, but X17online can tell you, the wedding isn't on, just yet.
Our photographer says:
"There are NO security guards, NO workers, NO party planners --
NOTHING at the property. As I drove around, checking out the scene from
the street below the private hillside, I saw nothing out of the
ordinary. It was quiet, just like the sleepy village of Correns next to
it. Business as usual at Chateau Brangelina."
We'll have the photos and video to prove it, coming up later. Our photographer's in a helicopter over the property now!
Forget garden-variety buzz. The possibility that Brad Pitt is marrying Angelina Jolie this weekend in France is getting "real buzz."
So says an excited but unnamed source to the U.K's Sun,
based on rumors that the couple are hosting some kind of event at their
château with guests including Pitt's parents and Jolie's
engagement-ring jeweler.
But multiple sources tell PEOPLE there is no wedding this weekend. (Reps did not respond for comment.) The local newspaper Var Matin
also shot down a France 3 TV report of a Saturday wedding. And
officials in the village say they don't know anything about it and that
it likely couldn't happen anyway.
"Under French law couples have
to get married at the town hall," Patrick Mareschi, deputy culture
secretary of the nearby village of Correns, tells Reuters. "Unlike with a religious wedding, there's no way a couple can hold a civil ceremony at their own home."
Which is pretty much what the photo agency X17 found out. It grumbled on its website:
"We
sent an X17 photographer all the way down to the south of France – it's
pretty much in the middle of nowhere – to check out Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie's chateau Miraval to see just what's going on and ...
drumroll, please ... there's NOTHING going on!" the site says.
Not only did its photographer not find any signs the couple, engaged
last spring, were tying the knot – no security guards, no party
planners – it didn't even see evidence of other rumors that Pitt was
hosting a wedding anniversary party for his parents.
BRAD Pitt and Angelina Jolie won’t be marrying this weekend — People magazine insists.
Sources tell the publication that, despite speculation that started when an an unnamed source told British newspaper The Sun that Brad and Angie are hosting some kind of event at their château, the wedding won’t be taking place just yet.
The local newspaper Var Matin also shot down a France 3 TV
report of a Saturday wedding. And officials in the village say they
don’t know anything about it and that it likely couldn’t happen anyway.
“Under
French law couples have to get married at the town hall,” Patrick
Mareschi, deputy culture secretary of the nearby village of Correns,
told Reuters. “Unlike with a religious wedding, there’s no way a couple can hold a civil ceremony at their own home.”
Photo agency X17 found out the hard way when they sent a papparazo to France.
“We
sent an X17 photographer all the way down to the south of France – it’s
pretty much in the middle of nowhere – to check out Brad Pitt and
Angelina Jolie’s chateau Miraval to see just what’s going on and …
drumroll, please … there’s NOTHING going on!” the site says.
Brad, 48, recently bought Angelina, 37, a $500,000 watch as a pre-wedding gift.
Meanwhile, it’s been claimed that Brad and Angelina have been named as victims of phone hacking allegedly carried out by journalists at the News of the World.
Britain’s Guardian
newspaper says two members of staff at the paper — which was closed
down last year — conspired to intercept the voicemail messages of Eunice Huthart, an associate of Pitt and Jolie, and other unnamed people connected to the actors.
Huthart is a former stunt double for Jolie and participant in the Gladiators game show.
The actors’ names emerged as prosecutors announced charges against eight people, including Andy Coulson, the former director of communications for the British prime minister, David Cameron, and Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International.
On Monday, police said they believed there were 4,775 potential victims of phone hacking, of whom 2,615 had been notified.
Preparations for a big bash at the Hollywood power couple's French
chateau, plus the arrival of Pitt's parents and their LA jeweler, may -
or may not - translate to wedding bells.
12:39 PM PDT 8/10/2012 by Elizabeth Snead
Getty Images
Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
finally tying the knot? That's what the increasing hullabaloo on their
South of France estate -- Chateau Miraval -- indicates to the media. But
other sources say no wedding is happening this weekend.
Brad's parents reportedly have arrived at Chateau Miraval, and Los Angeles jeweler Robert Procop, who made Angelina's $250,000 diamond and platinum engagement ring, also is said to be flying in.
Some have speculated that the bash is for Pitt's parents, Jane and
Bill, but with Angelina’s jeweler there, it seems likely that it is
something more. George Clooney, who lives in Lake Cuomo in Italy, is said to be flying in for the occasion.
Our sources on the ground say there is large tent outside the Chateau. “It’s really happening," one source says.
But not so fast say other sources. Var Matin, the local newspaper for Correns, dismissed talk of a wedding this weekend. The newspaper speculates the wedding will take place Aug. 18.
People reported that "multiple sources" also told the the magazine that no wedding was planned for this weekend.
The couple's engagement was revealed in April by The Hollywood Reporter.
After the engagement went public, construction for a large hall began
at their Provence estate. Aerial images of the chateau and grounds in
February showed a large white building being erected next to a quaint
chapel.
The 1,000-acre estate -- a reported $54 million investment -- is the
perfect spot for a secluded family wedding. The security is always tight
around the estate, but has gotten even tighter in recent weeks: We're
talking armed guards, security cameras, the works.
Despite the media speculation, Patrick Mareschi,
deputy culture secretary of the nearby village of Correns, has told
Reuters: "Under French law, couples have to get married at the town
hall. Unlike with a religious wedding, there's no way a couple can hold a
civil ceremony at their own home."
But applying for a marriage license in the States or in France would
set off major media alarms. And it makes perfect sense to have a private
and protected wedding on their estate.
Angelina has been married twice before: first to British actor Jonny Lee Miller from 1996-99, then to Billy Bob Thornton from 2000-03. Brad's marriage to Jennifer Aniston lasted five years before they announced they were divorcing in early 2005.
The power couple known as Brangelina quickly amassed a family of six
children: Maddox, 10; Pax, 8; Zahara, 7; Shiloh, 5; and twins Knox and
Vivienne, 3.
Although they've insisted that they would not wed until the U.S.
legalization of same-sex marriage, Brad admitted during the Cannes Film
Festival in May that they've been under increasing pressure from their
children. At the time, he maintained that they had not set a
date. Angelina also has said that their brood has asked why the parents
aren't married -- like Shrek and Fiona.
"We've explained to them that our commitment, when we decided to
start a family, was the greatest commitment you could possibly have,"
she said recently during an interview with ABC News. "Once you have six
children, you're committed."
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Pitt?! The tabloids are buzzing with word that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are ready to walk down the aisle this weekend, but there's been loads of conflicting reports on the couple. So, is there really a wedding in store?! Melanie Bromley joins us from London to set the record straight on today's episode of Live From E!
As rumors swirl that Brad Pitt and Angelina Joliewill marry this weekend at their French estate, Chateau Miraval, one of the actress’ closest confidants is speaking out about the wedding.
“I think it will be very personalized and something that nobody has seen before,” Jolie’s “aunt” Jade Dixon said in an exclusive interview.
“I think it will be very small, intimate and memorable. I don’t see
them doing it big but easier to control. I see it small and still flashy
and more in tune with involving their children.” As for the wedding’s location?
Dixon believes it will indeed be held at their Chateau Miraval home, though she did not confirm a date.
“It could definitely be at one of their houses so it would be very
intimate,” she admitted. “I’m guessing that is probably where it will be
because it’s more private there.”
