PALM BEACH, Fla. — The bride's gown was worth more than many American homes. Her diamond-studded ring cost more than many yachts. But the groom's hair? Self-styled.

Donald Trump married Slovenian model Melania Knauss yesterday with all the glamour, glitz and gold that money and star power can buy.

The couple slipped into Trump's Mercedes-Benz Maybach parked near a side entrance after the half-hour ceremony and drove past hundreds of cheering spectators with the help of a police escort.

"Oh, it was beautiful. It was all just lovely," singer Tony Bennett said.

Another guest, Kathy Hilton, the mother of hotel heiress Paris Hilton, said, "it was very romantic. Everything was just beautiful. She [Knauss] looked like a princess. They exuded confidence."

And when The Donald kissed the bride? "It was very romantic, and it was a long one," Hilton said.

The setting for the opulent reception was Trump's newly unveiled $42 million Versailles-inspired ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago estate and club, complete with 24-karat gold moldings, custom-made crystal chandeliers and marble floors covering 11,000 square feet.

About 400 people lined the street outside the church yesterday afternoon for a glimpse of a celebrity — or even the bride. Cheers erupted as the limousines began dropping off guests and a few yelled, "It's George!" when Trump business and legal adviser George Ross arrived.

"It's amazing. There are so many pretty dresses. Ooh, there's a limo," said Katherine Stanton, 13.

The guest list offered a mix of European royalty, Hollywood celebrity and Palm Beach money, including "The Apprentice" producer Mark Burnett, Barbara Walters, Star Jones Reynolds, Matt Lauer, Billy Joel, Russell Simmons, Katie Couric, Kelly Ripa, Regis Philbin, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and boxing promoter Don King.

The appearance of so many luminaries at a single event was like Oscar night, and a rarity in Palm Beach. On hand to record the action were television-network camera crews, reporters from "Access Hollywood" and "Entertainment Tonight" and a gaggle of paparazzi. All were confined to an open grassy church lot across the street from the church entrance.

Overhead, news helicopters buzzed the coastline, and a small plane passed by towing a banner that read, "Melania, you're hired," a reference to "The Apprentice" punch line.

The nuptials marked the third trip down the aisle for Trump, 58, and — coincidentally or not — came just days after the start of the third season of his TV show.

Trump insisted on keeping private the details of the wedding to Knauss, 34. But much was leaked by Trump, his bride-to-be and his staff.

Trump and his new bride had a prenuptial agreement but there was no word on what it would involve in the event one of them decides the other is "fired."

Trump's previous wives are Ivana Trump and Marla Maples.

About 400 guests RSVP'd to attend, said Pat Saylor, Mar-a-Lago's catering and special-events director. The wedding took place at a classic, garden-studded stone church, the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, next to The Breakers resort.

Hors d'oeuvres were made by celebrated chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, whose restaurant Jean-Georges is in the Trump International Hotel in New York. Guests dined on steamed-shrimp salad, beef tenderloin and individual Grand Marnier chocolate truffle cakes that mirrored the towering 50-pound, seven-tier wedding cake topped with 3,000 white-icing roses.

Music during the three-course dinner was provided by a 36-piece string ensemble, with "surprise entertainment" to follow.

But what's typically among the biggest surprises for the guests and groom — the wedding gown — had already been seen.

Knauss posed for a traditional pre-wedding portrait in the gown and her $1.5 million engagement ring and untraditionally shared it with the world on the cover of Vogue magazine. The Christian Dior original, whose cost has been variously estimated at from $100,000 to $200,000, had 300 feet of satin and a 13-foot train that took 550 hours to embroider. It weighed 50 pounds, so much that the bride changed into a lighter Vera Wang dress after the couple's first dance.

Material from Reuters and South Florida Sun-Sentinel is included in this report.