Nobody does flamboyant like Elton - and the Rocket Man is apparently planning to upstage the year's most outrageous wedding.

When Little Britain's Matt Lucas marries his long-time boyfriend on December 17, 2006 in a pantomime-themed extravaganza the one question on everybody's lips will be: "What will Elton John wear?"

Elton in drag (again) isn't the only thing guaranteed to get the 500 guests talking at the £300,000 star-studded bash.

The centre-piece of the wedding reception at the historic Banqueting House in Whitehall, London, will be a massive pantomime horse made of... Brussels sprouts.

Guests invited to the reception include fellow Little Britain star David Walliams, comic Vic Reeves, actor Anthony Head and Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant. The tables will also be decorated with elaborate vegetable carvings - including cauliflower sculptures.

Guests are all expected to make the effort and dress up in pantomime fancy dress costumes, including Mother Goose, Peter Pan and Captain Hook. The dinner follows an intimate ceremony where the couple will exchange vows at Home House private members club. But it won't be until the bash at Banqueting House that things will be somewhat more lively.

It's understood that the lucky couple have not set up a wedding list and are leaving presents at their guests' discretion. Matt, 32, met Kevin at a nightclub four years ago and the pair have kept their relationship low-key ever since.

But their extravagant wedding celebrations - staged by legendary 80s party planner Philip Salon - are in marked contrast to their stag night, held a week ago at West End nightclub Too2Much. The pair only invited a handful of friends and spent barely £200 on the bar bill.

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