Forward of their wedding ceremony, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his journalist fiancee Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday, to participate in three days of lavish VIP events within the romantic lagoon metropolis, regardless of protests from locals.
The broadly dubbed “wedding ceremony of the century” can have an estimated value of 40-48 million euros ($46-$56 million). It’ll function round 90 non-public jets set to land this week, bringing A-listers from show-business, politics and finance.
A Reuters reporter noticed the couple getting into the unique Aman Venice Resort on the Grand Canal, the place lots of the celebrities will keep. Based on sources, the marriage festivities will kick off on Thursday night time with an open-air gathering within the cloisters of Madonna dell’Orto, a medieval church within the central space of Cannaregio. To isolate the marriage company from the protestors, Venice Metropolis Corridor issued a directive on Wednesday cordoning off the realm. Activists have been protesting for weeks in opposition to the marriage citing that the celebrations will flip the town into a personal amusement park for the wealthy. “There’s just one factor that guidelines now: cash, cash, cash, so we’re the losers,” stated Venice resident Nadia Rigo.
Amid the criticisms, Bezos made a donation of three million euros to 3 native establishments, together with CORILA, UNESCO’s native workplace, and the Venice Worldwide College.
Whereas the date and venue of the marriage nonetheless stays below wraps, some have speculated that Bezos and Sanchez could have already got tied the knot in a personal ceremony again in america.
In the meantime, the second occasion is slated for Friday in accordance with sources on the small island of San Giorgio, in entrance of the famed St. Mark’s Sq. with its 99-metre-high (108 yard) bell tower. Many of the 250 company will arrive until the second occasion.
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Protected location for wedding ceremony
Preparations have been made outdoors the Aman Venice Resort to guard the company from photographers and prying eyes. Celebrations will finish on Saturday with the principle wedding ceremony bash to be held at one of many halls of the Arsenale.
The situation was modified beforehand with Arsenale being safer, as it’s unreachable by land when connecting bridges are raised. Bezos, govt chair of e-commerce big Amazon and no. 4 on Forbes’ billionaires record, received engaged to Sanchez in 2023, 4 years after the collapse of his 25-year marriage to Mackenzie Scott. The couple’s resolution to marry in Venice follows different movie star weddings within the floating metropolis, equivalent to that of U.S. actor George Clooney and human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin in 2014.
(With Reuters Inputs)
