1/35Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave a hotel for their pre-wedding reception, in Venice, Italy. Picture: AP Photo/Luca Bruno
A-list stars stun at $70m wedding
Celebrities have been spotted descending on Venice where Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to tie the knot in a lavish multi-day wedding this weekend.
2/35The billionaire Amazon founder and his fiancee are hosting a multi-day celebration rumoured to be costing $70 million. Picture: AP Photo/Luca Bruno
3/35Bezos and Sanchez arriving in style. Photo: AP Photo/Luca Bruno
4/35That’s quite the dress from Lauren Sanchez. Photo by ANDREA PATTARO / AFP
5/35And there’s a star-studded guest list as celebs began to arrive Thursday, with Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian seen getting a gondola to the pre-party. Picture: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini
6/35The famous sisters posed on board their water taxi. Picture: Marco Bertorello/ AFP
7/35US broadcast legend Oprah Winfrey and host Gayle King were pictured leaving the Gritti Palace Hotel. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP
8/35British actor Orlando Bloom, fresh from reports he’s split from fiancee Katy Perry, was pictured solo in Venice. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP
9/35Sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner scored an invite. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP
10/35Momager Kris Jenner, looking as youthful as ever, joined her superstar daughters at the festivities with boyfriend Corey Gamble in tow. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP
11/35And then they leave stage left. Photo: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini
12/35Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Picture: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini
13/35OMG, Usher is in the building. Picture: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini
14/35Leonardo DiCaprio went incognito in a cap. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP
15/35Leo was joined by his girlfriend, Italian model Vittoria Ceretti. Picture: Marco Bertorello/AFP
16/35American billionaire businessman Barry Diller, who founded the Fox Broadcasting Company with Rupert Murdoch, pictured with wife Diane von Furstenberg. Picture: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini
17/35NFL great Tom Brady flies solo. Picture: AP Photo/Antonio Calanni
18/35Ooo la la, newly-single Bloom was seen with Kim Kardashian earlier in the day. Picture: Getty Images
19/35Jordan's Princess Rajwa and Crown Prince of Jordan, Hussein bin Abdullah and their daughter Iman Bint Hussein were spotted touching down at the airport earlier in the day. Picture: Andrea Pattaro/AFP
20/35Jordan's Queen Rania also arrived in Venice. Picture: AFP
21/35Fashion designer and entrepreneur Domenico Dolce arrives in Venice for the wedding. Photo: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini
22/35Jeff Bezos waves as he and Lauren Sanchez arrive. Photo: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini
23/35US fashion designer Sarah Staudinger gets on a taxi boat to leave the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding. Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP
24/35Oprah is still the centre of attention. Photo: AP Photo/Luigi Costantini
25/35Italian model Vittoria Ceretti and Indian philanthropist Natasha Poonawalla jump on the taxi. Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP
26/35The wife of Canadian invester Michael Kives and civil rights lawyer Lydia Kives has quite the dress. Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP
27/35Kim Kardashian looking stunning. Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP
28/35US fashion designer and wife of talent agent Ari Emanuel, Sarah Staudinger, boards a taxi boat. Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP
29/35US manager Corey Gamble and US television personality Kris Jenner arrive. Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP
30/35The locals are far from happy, having launched protests throughout the month. Photo by ANDREA PATTARO / AFP
31/35The locals have made their feeling clear. Photo: AP Photo/Antonio Calanni
32/35The protests have been going on for weeks. Photo by ANDREA PATTARO / AFP
33/35Protesters telling Bezos how it is. Photo: REUTERS/Yara Nardi
34/35Activists from the 'Extinction Rebellion' group stage a protest against over-tourism and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' wedding in Venice. Photo by ANSA / AFP
35/35Tourists enjoy a trip on gondolas in the lagoon. Photo: AP Photo/Luca Bruno
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