Petra Ecclestone’s Dad Shocked At Price Of Wedding Booze: $6,350 For Bottle Of Wine!
March 5 2012, Published 6:00 a.m. ET
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Breaking Celebrity News Senior Reporter
Even a billionaire can get shocked over the price of a drink!
Petra Ecclestone’s lavish $18 million wedding was a star studded event catered by one of the best chef’s in the world and held in a beautiful castle near Rome, but when her father saw the bill for the booze he was shocked!
In an excerpt from a new book about Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula 1 billionaire father of Petra and her socialite sister Tamara, he talks about the wedding, the extravagant prices and why he refused to pay.
Understanding that it would be an over-the-top wedding, Bernie wanted to pay but was hesitant, and then the bills started flooding in!
“It’s absolutely unbelievable,” Ecclestone said about the costs, in the new book No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone, by Tom Bower. “It’s very expensive,” he says he told his ex-wife.
The drinks bill was the first invoice to arrive. The Chateau Petrus allegedly cost $6,350 a bottle! “I only drank a beer,” said Ecclestone, astonished by the amount. “I’m not paying for this.”