Chinese Billionaire Couple Holds Wedding at Mont Saint-Michel, Reminiscent of a Fairy-Tale Palace

A wedding has been held at the Mont Saint-Michel Abbey, a landmark French tourist destination and UNESCO World Heritage site, for the first time in 1,000 years.

According to French media outlets including Madame Figaro on June 8 (local time), the couple who held their wedding at the abbey are famous Chinese model Ming Xi and billionaire entrepreneur Mario Ho.

Mario Ho is one of the children of Stanley Ho, known as the "King of Gambling" for transforming Macau into a casino hub.

The couple originally married in 2019, but held a religious wedding ceremony at the Mont Saint-Michel Abbey seven years later.

In an interview with Vogue, Ming Xi claimed, "This was the first time a wedding had ever been held at the Mont Saint-Michel Abbey."

It is reported that the couple leveraged their immense wealth to secure the various approvals necessary to hold a wedding at the abbey.

According to Vogue, the preparation process took a year with the support of Mont Saint-Michel staff and the Centre des monuments nationaux (National Monuments Centre) of France.

"Because it was unprecedented, we had to get a lot of approvals, but thanks to everyone, the preparation process was enjoyable," Ming Xi said.

The Mont Saint-Michel Abbey is a medieval monastery built on a rocky island off the coast of Normandy in northwestern France. It is a representative French tourist attraction and a Catholic pilgrimage site.

It began as a chapel dedicated to the Archangel Michael in the early 8th century and was expanded over several centuries to reach its current magnificent state.

Located on a coast with a large tidal range, it is famous for its unique landscape, appearing as an island during high tide and connecting to the mainland during low tide.

Mont Saint-Michel was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979 and is visited by millions of tourists and pilgrims every year.

(Photo: Captured from Ming Xi's Instagram, Yonhap News)
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