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BIGGER than anything Pippa O'Connor and Brian Ormond did a week ago. Brasher than Amy Huberman and Brian O'Driscoll's 2010 nuptials, and definitely bolder than a certain Kate Middleton's Big Day, supermodel Kate Moss marries her rocker fiance Jamie Hince on Friday in a EUR 550,000 three-day extravaganza. Already billed by locals as 'Moss-stock', the 37-year-old has told friends she wants her wedding to be 'Glastonbury meets the Ritz'. NICOLE LAMPERT is your guide ...
THE BRIDE
WAIF-THIN supermodel Kate Moss has a reputation for partying. Caught on camera inhaling cocaine six years ago, after the loss of many of her modelling contracts and a brief spell in rehab, soon 'cocaine Kate' was busier than ever.
Moss, who is estimated to be worth EUR 22.5million, is stumping up all the money for the wedding and is determined it will be a bash no one will forget.
An unlikely Bridezilla, Kate is said to have become so stressed about her nuptials that she has had to see a 'relaxation therapist', and last week was in tears at her best friend Sadie Frost's birthday party.
'She wants this to be a party that no one will ever forget, and is putting herself under unbelievable strain,' said one friend.
THE GROOM
SKINNY jean-wearing rocker Jamie Hince's band The Kills have plenty of street cred, but have barely turned a profit.
Kate loves him because he is rock 'n' roll-cool but sensible with it; he knows how to keep her in line. Kate pays for everything in their lives, including his stag do, but he hates being known as 'Mr Moss'. Born to middleclass, affluent parents, Jamie, 42, is remembered by his teachers as being a model pupil and he left the University of London college Goldsmiths with a first in playwriting. He formed The Kills with American Alison Mosshart in 2000, and although they regularly play gigs they have never bothered the Top Ten.
THE CEREMONY
DESPITE her well known love of hedonism, a slither of tradition obviously has a hold on the bride. Kate is determined to have a church wedding, but has had trouble finding one big enough to hold her 300 guests.
She is believed to have settled on one several kilometres away from...