Indian billionaire wedding celebrations wrap up with Beyonce, Clintons
By DW
13 December 2018 |
9:54 am
Beyonce and Hillary Clinton made appearances at the wedding of billionaire couple Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal. The wedding may have been one of the most expensive ever.
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