Sources say ‘no expense will be spared’ when it comes to giving the Wildest Dreams singer exactly what she wants… as insiders reveal the wedding tradition Taylor will be shunning
IT has been dubbed America’s royal wedding – and when pop superstar Taylor Swift ties the knot with Super Bowl hero Travis Kelce, they are likely to be on a collision course with none other than Donald Trump.
Ever since Taylor revealed to her 280million Instagram followers that she had said yes to the Kansas City player’s marriage proposal in August, her fans have been eagerly waiting for the big day.
Now the wedding has been set for July 3 — and the symbolism of the date has not gone unnoticed.
By choosing the eve of the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, the world’s biggest pop star is going head-to-head with the US President for the eyes of the world.
As Trump prepares to launch his lavish extravaganza on July 4 — promising the “largest pyrotechnics display in the history of the world” in Washington and speeches from the man himself — all attention will inevitably be directed elsewhere.
It is a spectacular clash of American titans — the Independence Day spectacle versus the ultimate independent woman, who has had a string of highly publicised break-ups before finally saying “I do”.
An insider said: “You can only imagine how they reacted in the White House when they found out about the date. Taylor is certainly stealing Trump’s thunder.
“It is going to be next level. Think Charles and Di — this is America’s royal wedding.”
The happy couple certainly have the budget for a spectacular event to steal everyone’s attention.
Strict no-fly zone
Taylor’s record-breaking Eras tour, which spanned five continents, made more than £1.75billion, while her sportsman beau has earned at least £100million from his US football career.
And sources say “no expense will be spared” when it comes to giving the Wildest Dreams singer exactly what she wants.
Despite spending her entire life writing the definitive soundtrack to a generation’s love stories, Taylor never dared to meticulously plan her own big day — until now.
She said: “You would think that I had been that type of person who would have obsessed over the idea of a wedding my whole life but I actually never thought about what I would ever do or what I would want — until I met the person.”
The secrecy surrounding Taylor and Travis’s nuptials is like a high-stakes military operation. Rumours of iron-clad non-disclosure agreements have been flying around for months, stoked by TV host Graham Norton.
The chat show star recently let slip that he was one of the lucky few who had received an invitation but said he had been “forced to sign so many NDAs” that he couldn’t speak a word about the big day.
Graham later clarified that he was joking and had not actually signed a single legal document — but pals say he would not miss the wedding for the world after Taylor cheekily invited him along when she appeared on his BBC One show in October.
Even so, sources have told The Sun that the army of staff and planners behind the top-secret event have been made to sign watertight NDAs.
Not even the location has been revealed, with fans speculating the couple were eyeing up a $32million Rhode Island mansion to exchange their vows in a fairytale ceremony.
They pulled the wool over everyone’s eyes by confirming on save-the-date cards sent to invitees that they will tie the knot in New York.
The actual venue remains a fiercely guarded secret, but hundreds of guards are likely to be placed around the perimeter and a strict no-fly zone is expected to be heavily enforced to keep paparazzi drone cameras at bay.
And this ceremony is going to be very big indeed.
Taylor told Graham that she didn’t want to whittle down her guest list as it would mean she would have to “evaluate or assess” her friendships, adding: “I’m not gonna do that.”
The roll call of attendees, which reads like a who’s who of global A-listers, includes her fiercely loyal squad — fellow pop stars Selena Gomez and Sabrina Carpenter, model Gigi Hadid and actress Emma Stone.
Childhood best friend Abigail Anderson will also be on hand to calm the bride’s nerves, while Travis’s NFL buddies will bring some locker-room rowdiness to the elegant affair.
The absences will be just as glaring as the attendances. It is highly unlikely we will see any of Taylor’s former British flames making an appearance — sorry, 1975 singer Matty Healy and actors Joe Alwyn and Tom Hiddleston, your invitations must have been lost in the post.
But Harry Styles, who dated Taylor in 2012, could make an appearance courtesy of his girlfriend Zoe Kravitz, who is a close friend of the bride.
His former One Direction bandmate Niall Horan, who is a judge on The US Voice, has also dropped hints that he will be there.
Despite the star-studded audience, Taylor is breaking with tradition by having no official bridesmaids.
An insider said: “Those in Taylor’s inner circle said she didn’t want to pick and choose between her close friends — but everyone suspects it is because she wants to make sure all eyes are on her.”
The bride will be walking down the aisle in a breathtaking gown inspired by screen icon Elizabeth Taylor.
Like the Hollywood legend, Taylor has lived her tumultuous love life under the glare of the public eye — and the singer even named a song on her latest album The Life Of A Showgirl after the Cleopatra star.
Now, insiders whisper, Taylor is set to wear a cinched-waist dress similar to Elizabeth’s bridal look from her wedding to Paris Hilton’s great-uncle Conrad Hilton Jr in 1950.
After Taylor says her vows in that elegant gown, the energetic bride will likely change into a party dress to dance the night away.
The ring will be equally spectacular if her engagement rock is anything to go by. Travis got down on one knee with a £4million diamond ring from New York’s ultra-luxury Kindred Lubeck jewellers which his fiancée showed off on a recent press tour.
Naturally, the inner bands of their wedding rings are rumoured to be engraved with secret lyrics — a romantic nod to the hidden meanings Taylor places in her songs for fans to obsessively decode.
‘Peak of their careers’
And the setting? It will be a botanical wonderland. Just as their lavish engagement announcement photos were dripping in stunning greenery and white and pink roses, the wedding venue is expected to be transformed into a romantic indoor garden.
With a guest list boasting the music industry’s biggest heavyweights, the question of who will actually perform at the reception has sparked feverish speculation — but all eyes are firmly on her long-time British confidant Ed Sheeran.
Taylor let slip that the singer was practically guaranteed to take the mic, laughing in one interview that it would be “hard to keep him from it”.
She added: “He’s like, ‘I’m always being asked to sing at weddings.’ Ed, if there is a stage, you know you’ll be on it. He knows what people want and wants to give people what they want.”
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/16239764/taylor-swift-royal-wedding-plans-trump-thunder/
