US EditionBezos and Sanchez arrive in Venice for marathon wedding party
- Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez arrived in Venice, Italy, on June 24 as they prepared for their several-day wedding event, which is expected to be attended by around 200 guests.
- The wedding follows their public romance since 2019 and engagement in 2023, amid local protests against the event's scale and impact on Venice.
- The couple booked top hotels, planned three themed parties including a pajama party, and moved some events to less central locations due to protest concerns.
- City officials limited guests to 200 and stated the wedding will not disrupt daily life, while activists criticized the lavishness in a city facing climate crises.
- The event highlights tensions between private luxury and public preservation, with Bezos as a billionaire and former Amazon CEO marrying amid growing scrutiny.
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In the end Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez had to give up a triumphant entrance to Venice with their 127-meter megayacht, as if they were the Doge of the Serenissima returning from looting Constantinople, and were content to arrive by helicopter on Wednesday afternoon at the small and melancholy Nicelli airport in the Lido. Amazon’s owner and third richest man in the world and his future wife, journalist, left the ship in Croatia for safety, as is…
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