Venice wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos reaches its third and final day - AP explains

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(28 Jun 2025)
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Venice, Italy - 28 June 2025
1. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez departing hotel
2. Bezos and Sánchez on boat, waving, kissing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press:
"The three day celebrations for the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are winding down. The newlyweds have just entered the former naval base of the Arsenale, a location well protected from potential protesters, where the guests will dine and it's rumoured will listen to a concert by an artist whose name is still unknown."
4. Bezos and Sanchez boarding boat and waving to journalists
5. Various of Bezos and Sanchez leaving on boat
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press:
"Today, a few hours before the closing party, several 100 activists marched through the alleys and bridges of the centre of Venice to protest against the major events such as the wedding and over tourism, which, according to demonstrators, are among the main causes of the serious depopulation of the lagoon city."
7. Wide of demonstrators marching and holding banner reading (English): "No Bezos, No war"
8. Demonstrators marching, sign reading (Italian): "118-thousand Italian shops killed by Amazon"
9. Wide of demonstration
10. Pan right of banner
11. Close of sign reading (English): "Get out of our lagoon"
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press:
"Despite the protests, the newlyweds and the guests have enjoyed the unique beauty of Venice, which will return to its normal life tomorrow."
13. Various of demonstrators holding banner from Rialto Bridge reading (English) "No Space for Bezos", while lighting smoke bombs and chanting UPSOUND (Italian): "Bezos out of the lagoon"
14. Rialto Bridge
15. Gondolas with tourists on canal
16. Wide exterior of hotel where Bezos and Sanchez are staying
STORYLINE:
The Venice wedding bonanza of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos reached its third and final day Saturday after the couple tied the knot a day earlier in front of around 200 celebrity guests in a secluded area of the lagoon city.

Details of the much-anticipated wedding ceremony Friday night were kept tightly secret, until Sánchez Bezos posted to Instagram a photo of herself beaming in a white gown as she stood alongside a tuxedo-clad Bezos, the world’s fourth-richest man.

Athletes, celebrities, influencers and business leaders converged to revel in extravagance that was as much a testament to the couple’s love as to their extraordinary wealth.

The wedding, however, angered many Venetians, with some activists protesting it as an exploitation of the city by the billionaire Bezos, while ordinary residents suffer from overtourism, high housing costs and the constant threat of climate-induced flooding.

As the two newlyweds prepared for the final party Saturday evening, hundreds of Venetians and protesters from across Italy filled Venice's tiny streets with colorful banners reading “Kisses Yes, Bezos No” and “No Bezos, no War.” Venice has around 50,000 residents.

The demonstration contrasted with the expensive wedding bonanza, seen by critics as an affront to the lagoon city’s fragile environment and its citizens, overwhelmed by throngs of tourists.

The star-studded guest list included Oprah Winfrey and NFL great Tom Brady, along with Hollywood stars Leonardo Di Caprio and Orlando Bloom, tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates and top socialites, including the Kardashian-Jenner clan.



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