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<br>VENICE, Italy - The superyachts are moored up, the personal jets have touched down and the stars, athletes and company leaders remain in Venice for among the most talked-about weddings of the year - that of billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.<br>[bing.com](https://www.bing.com/ck/a?%21&&p=5aac379d694a6dc77dbb97de9f2e51641e13b47d20a6526de15452c64654fe3fJmltdHM9MTc1MTQxNDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=2314ea08-2c86-6add-1f53-fc152d446b41&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLm1pdC5lZHUvMjAyNS9jb2xkLXNwcmF5LTNkLXByaW50aW5nLXRlY2huaXF1ZS1lZmZlY3RpdmUtYnJpZGdlLXJlcGFpci0wNjIw&ntb=1)
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<br>Oprah Winfrey, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Tom Brady, Bill Gates and President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner are in the "city of love," together with Queen Rania of Jordan and Leonardo Di Caprio, for the 3 days of extravagant celebrations that started Thursday with a star-studded gala.<br>
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<br>Bezos, the world's fourth-richest man, and Sanchez beamed and waved at members of the general public as they marched onto a water taxi ahead of the occasion at the cloisters behind the city's Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto church. Nearby, a boat filled with paparazzi eagerly snapped images of the pair before they entered the secluded location.<br>
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<br>The primary wedding event celebration will be held Saturday in among the halls of the Arsenale, a large former medieval shipyard turned into an art area in the eastern Castello district.<br>
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<br>"We are utilized to handling really important events," Deputy Venice Mayor Simone Venturini told NBC News on Wednesday as the city prepared for the wedding, adding that the city previously hosted the late Pope Francis and world leaders participating in the G7 and G20 summits.<br>
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<br>In an earlier interview, he likewise remembered that the city had actually managed star George Clooney and human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin's 2014 wedding, as crowds lined the canals and numerous well-wishers collected outside Municipal government.<br>
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<br>Unlike the Clooney wedding nevertheless, he said, Bezos' wedding event would not be legal under Italian law because it needed "to be carried out in a main place like the Municipal government." Neither Bezos nor Sanchez, a former TV news anchor, had requested this, he said.<br>
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<br>As an outcome, some have actually hypothesized that the couple have actually already lawfully wed in the United States.<br>
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<br>Not everybody in the city is as inviting as Venturini. In recent weeks, there have been demonstrations about the Amazon creator's presence in the city, with those who object showing the banner "No Space for Bezos," a play on words referring to his area expedition business, Blue Origin.<br>
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<br>Around a lots Venetian companies consisting of anti-cruise ship campaigners and housing advocates, have actually been signed up with by [larger activist](https://pattondemos.com/products/) groups like Greenpeace, which unfurled a huge tarp in the city's famous St. Mark's Square on Monday, with a photo of a smiling Bezos beneath the words: "If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more taxes."<br>
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<br>While police rapidly got rid of the banner, which Greenpeace said was approximately 4,300 square feet in size, activists have actually likewise unfurled a banner on Venice's popular Rialto bridge and drifted a Bezos-inspired mannequin, its hands clenching fake cash, down among the city's canals on top of an Amazon shipment box.<br>
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<br>Bezos, who according to Forbes has a net worth of $231 billion, stepped down as Amazon CEO in 2021, saying he wished to invest more time on other tasks, including his Blue Origin area [information technology](https://pattondemos.com/industry/) company, The Washington Post and philanthropic initiatives.<br>
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<br>Two years earlier, Bezos, who normally avoids the spotlight, announced he was separating his very first wife, Mackenzie Scott, days before the National Enquirer published a story about his affair with Sanchez. On the day Bezos' divorce was completed, Sanchez applied for her own divorce from [media executive](https://pattondemos.com/cloud/) Patrick Whitesell.<br>
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<br>Venturini stated the had actually seen "a great deal of paparazzi and a lot of presence and attention from the world wide network and they stated, 'Let's exploit this attention.'"<br>[bing.com](https://www.bing.com/ck/a?%21&&p=82930f5133c08c88288f3e521013544b41d59ee528d0fdb0ca52b8b58ee35b9dJmltdHM9MTc1MTQxNDQwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=2314ea08-2c86-6add-1f53-fc152d446b41&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2Vmb3J1bS5vcmcvc3Rvcmllcy8yMDI1LzA2L3RvcC0xMC1lbWVyZ2luZy10ZWNobm9sb2dpZXMtb2YtMjAyNS8&ntb=1)
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<br>He added that Bezos had made a number of contributions to companies that worked to secure the Venetian lagoon system and heritage websites.<br>
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<br>In the meantime, it's company as normal in this city that gets roughly 30 million visitors every year, according to explore guide Igor Scomparin. He stated Sunday that it was "hard" to keep things relocating a city that is only twice the size of New york city's Central Park.<br>
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