Clinton Wedding Rumored to Cost Between $3m and $5m
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is rumored to be marrying investment banker Marc Mezvinsky in Rhinebeck on Saturday.
Despite the former first family's attempts at keeping the details of the ceremony private, residents in Rhinebeck are hanging congratulatory banners outside their houses and the FAA website has announced a 'no-fly-zone' on Saturday and Sunday, stating, "temporary flight restrictions for VIP movement."
Residents of the town are hoping that the high-profile visitors to the wedding will boost the economy. Lynn Lobotsky, a florist in the area told CNN how hard the town has been working in the lead up to the ceremony:
"They even worked on Sunday."
The nuptials are likely to take place at Astor Court along the Hudson river, an estate constructed more than a century ago and home to one the Beaux Arts buildings, one of the last structures designed by American Renaissance architect Stanford White. Workers have already lined the walls leading up to the estate with flowers.
Despite her parents' track record, the 30-year-old has not been put off by the idea of marriage. A friend of the family said, "I think Chelsea is amazingly grounded. She's maintained a very quiet, private life that's successful."
Chelsea is not the only one in the union to have emerged from a somewhat dysfunctional background. Marc Mezvinsky's father, former US representative from Iowa, Ed Mezvinsky, was indicted in 2001 and later pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. He also divorced his his wife at the time of the trial.
Chelsea is said to have taken on the Methodist views of her mother that value perseverance and forgiveness in marriage.
Nicola Gutgold, a professor at Pennsylvania State University and author of Almost Madam President: Why Hillary 'Won' in 2008 said, "I think kids can either be burned by their parents' experiences or I think they can grow from it."
Source: New York Daily News