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Inside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s star-studded Venice wedding weekend

Wedding on San Giorgio Island —historic site with gardens, marina and iconic belltower

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Lekshmy Pavithran, Assistant Online Editor
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Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos leave the Harry's Bar restaurant a day after their wedding in Venice on June 28, 2025.
Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos leave the Harry's Bar restaurant a day after their wedding in Venice on June 28, 2025.
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As a starry guest list of celebrities descends on Venice, Italy, for the weekend wedding of of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, activists have united under the banner “No Space for Bezos” to protest the nuptials. Protesters were drawing attention to overtourism, high housing costs and the constant threat of climate-induced flooding in the lagoon city.

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Lauren Sanchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos leave the Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy, Saturday,June 28, 2025, the day after their wedding. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos leave the Harry's Bar restaurant a day after their wedding in Venice on June 28, 2025.
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US singer Usher and his wife Jennifer Goicoechea leave the Harry's Bar restaurant a day after the wedding of Jeff Bezos in Venice on June 28, 2025.
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A gondola sails past the Aman Hotel in Venice, Italy, on Thursday, June 26, 2025, ahead of festivities in the lagoon city reportedly linked to a wedding celebration for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez.
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Lauren Sanchez and US founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, leave the Aman Hotel in Venice on June 25, 2026.
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Italian designer Stefano Gabbana gets on a taxi boat at Venice Marco Polo airport ahead of US Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' wedding with Lauren Sanchez, on June 27, 2025.
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US singer Usher Raymond IV and wife Jennifer Goicoechea are pictured on a taxi boat in Venice lagoon ahead of US Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' wedding with Lauren Sanchez, on June 27, 2025.
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Italian designer Stefano Gabbana gets on a taxi boat at Venice Marco Polo airport ahead of US Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' wedding with Lauren Sanchez, on June 27, 2025.
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British actor Orlando Bloom is pictured at Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of US Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' wedding with Lauren Sanchez, on June 27, 2025.
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US manager Corey Gamble and US television personality Kris Jenner stand on a taxi boat as they leave the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June 26, 2026.
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US talk show host Oprah Winfrey waves as she gets on a taxi boat to leave the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June 26, 2026.
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Vittoria Ceretti leaves the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June 26, 2026.
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Italian model Vittoria Ceretti (C), British fashion editor Edward Enninful and Indian philanthropist Natasha Poonawalla (2ndR) leave the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June 26, 2026.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez get on a taxi boat at the Aman Hotel in Venice on June 26, 2026.
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Lauren Sanchez and US founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, leave the Aman Hotel in Venice on June 25, 2026.
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