First Virgin Wedding in Space 8603 views

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has come a long way from selling records out of a red phone box. Branson plans to conduct a wedding ceremony in space - 70 miles from the surface of the earth. The ceremony is due to take place next year on the first Galactic sub-orbital flight and will make Branson the first person to marry a couple in space.

"We have had two bookings involving marriage, one to get married in space and the other for the couple to have their honeymoon in space. Virgin Galactic adviser George Whitesides and his new wife, Loretta Hidalgo, booked a $200,000-a-ticket honeymoon on Virgin Galactic’s maiden flight,” a Virgin Galactic spokesman told The Mail on Sunday.

Sir Richard has broken records before; in 1986 he became the first man to cross the Atlantic in a speedboat and in 1991 crossed the Pacific in a hot air balloon.

We are big fans of Branson here - he really seems to genuinely enjoy himself and live life to the fullest. Makes a change from sulky celebs that have so much, yet so little.