Facebook Founder Changes his Status to ‘Married’

Screenshot of Mark Zuckerberg FB Account

Facebook co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg marries his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, in an intimate backyard wedding with close family and friends last May 19, 2012. The nuptials were announced through Zuckerberg’s status update on the popular social networking website. The billionaire’s status change was accompanied by a photo of the beaming newlywed in their wedding attire. Soon after, more than a million “fans” liked Zuckerberg’s status.

The ever casual Zuckerberg wore a dark blue suit and tie while his bride wore a simple white sleeveless wedding dress with lace overlay designed by Claire Pettibone. The couple secretly planned their wedding for four months. As a result, guests were pleasantly surprised as they thought that they were there to celebrate the recent graduation of Priscilla from medical school.

Wedding Photo of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

The Facebook CEO designed a simple ruby wedding ring for his bride as guests ate food from a few of the couple’s favorite restaurants. For dessert, guests munched on mouse-shaped chocolate that the couple ate on their first date together more than nine years ago.

The couple met while studying in Harvard University where Zuckerberg started Facebook inside his dorm room before dropping out of the Ivy League School. Chan however, went on to finish medical school at the University of California in San Francisco. The couple shares a home together in Palo Alto with their adopted Hungarian sheepdog, Beast.

The wedding took place a day after Facebook’s initial public offering on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Zuckerberg’s shares amount to almost $20 billion as he retains major voting control over the company.

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“Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg marries one day after $104bn IPO”. The Telegraph. Posted May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2012 from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/9277711/Facebook-founder-Mark-Zuckerberg-marries-one-day-after-104bn-IPO.html

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Prince William and Wife Kate Mark First Anniversary

Prince William and Kate at Sandringham - Christmas Day 2011
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Last April 29 marked the first wedding anniversary for Prince William and his wife Catherine Middleton. The coupled spent their anniversary in private by hanging out with their friends, which was a far cry from the wedding they had in Westminster Abbey. British newspapers praised the couple for reviving public interest in the monarchy.

Catherine, better known as Kate, has appeared to become a fashion trendsetter even appearing in Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people. “Kate the Great wins us over,” The Sunday Times said while the Sunday Telegraph said of the royal family. “It’s only been 12 months and already we wonder: how did they ever manage without her?”

After the couple’s honeymoon in Seychelles, they toured Canada and California and made many public appearances in Britain. They are also expected to make even more open appearances for the London Olympics and Queen Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee in June.

 Earlier this year, Prince William spent six weeks in the Falkland Islands where he became a search and rescue pilot. This however, angered Argentina who claims the islands to be their own.

There has been much talk on whether the couple will produce a royal heir soon. Both however have decided not to rush into such matters, so fans would have to make do with the couple’s new cocker spaniel puppy named Lupo.

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France-Pesse, Agence. “Britain’s William and Kate mark first anniversary”. Inquirer News. Posted on April 29, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012 from http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/184493/britains-william-and-kate-mark-first-anniversary

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Wedding Gown Train Breaks World Record

A 17 year-old model wore a record breaking wedding dress train of 1.85 miles long last March 20, 2012 in Bucharest, Romania. Made by the Andree salon, a fashion label in Bucharest, the wedding gown took 100 days, 10 seamstresses and roughly $7,300 to complete. It then surpassed the previous Guinness World Record made by the Netherlands which was about 1.55 miles long.



The dress was made from 15,420 feet of Italian taffeta, 18 feet of French lace and 147 feet of lining all stitched together. Adding to the project are 150 spools of thread and almost 2,000 sewing needles in order to finish this marvel of a creation.

The model, Ema Dumitrescu, then rode a hot air balloon to let the whole city see its extravagance. It was also the only practical method of transportation. The floating runway show was held to show off the train that was said to promote this year’s wedding fair held in Bucharest. From the air, people clearly saw that the train stretched across the entire city centre of Bucharest.

The victory was triumphantly sweet in light of the feud between the Dutch and the Romanians. The Dutch leaders apparently campaigned to keep Romania out of European Union’s visa-free travel zone. "If the Netherlands does not allow us into Europe, we'll take them out of the world records book," says Alin Caraman, an organizer of the wedding gown’s big debut.

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McLaughlin, Eric. “1.85-Mile Wedding Gown Train Break World Record”. ABC News. Posted on March 21, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2012 from http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/1-85-mile-wedding-gown-train-breaks-world-140820226--abc-news.html