We had an inkling offbeat A-listers Katy Perry and Russell Brand’s wedding, on Saturday 23 October 2010, might not be all church bells and princess white dress, but even their big day’s fortune-telling parrot (yes, really; unless MailOnline are messing with us) couldn’t have guessed the party’s most determined gatecrasher wouldn’t be an über-keen pap, but a man-eating tiger.

Apparently the big cat – rumoured to have killed three people in the last two years – jumped two walls and got 50ft from the celeb couple, before staff at wedding venue the Aman-i-Khas resort, Rajasthan, India, managed to clear it out.

The menacing feline wasn’t the only animal – or even the only tiger – that got a look-in at Mr and Mrs Brand’s luxe bash: Russell reportedly gave Katy a female tiger as a wedding gift, while she gave him a baby elephant (both will stay at the resort’s national park, where the flush couple’s cash will pay for their upkeep), and the groom arrived at the ceremony on horseback – an Indian tradition – in a procession including elephants and camels.

The couple apparently said ‘I do’ sat in gold wedding thrones under a traditional wedding canopy – covered in marigolds and red and yellow ribbons – with Katy wearing a blue sari (the first of a bunch that she switched on the day, including an Elie Saab Haute Couture number) and Russell in a kurta, which he swapped later on for a long, embroidered coat.

Bride and groom both reportedly made a speech and tucked into a traditional Indian and vegan wedding breakfast, before they and their 85 guests (said to include David Baddiel, plus Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman, although Katy’s mate and hen party co-conspirator, Rihanna, couldn’t come) were treated to customary Indian music; fire jugglers; fire eaters; snake charmers; and dancers, including Indian supermodel Jesse Randhawa cutting a rug with choreographer hubby Sandhip Soparrkar.

A statement for the happy couple said: ‘The very private and spiritual ceremony, attended by the couple’s closest family and friends, was performed by a Christian minister and long-time friend of [Katy’s] family. The backdrop was the inspirational and majestic countryside of northern India.’

They reportedly followed up their wedding – which was kicked off days earlier as guests went on safari around the resort's national park – with an ‘East meets West’-themed reception on Sunday 24 October at Taj Rambagh Palace Hotel. Indian classical dancers and even P Diddy were expected to perform. Altogether now: 'jealous'.