Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos are about to host the wedding of the year — or maybe even the century.
In late March, the mayor of Venice confirmed that the billionaire and his soon-to-be bride are set to wed within the Italian city’s borders.
The event is expected to take place in June, more than six years after the couple went public with their relationship in January 2019.
Here’s everything we know about the highly anticipated event so far.
Hundreds of invitations and a luxe destination
Bezos, 61, and Sánchez, 55, have yet to share any details about their coming wedding. However, other involved parties have.
Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro previously released a statement saying the city would host the coming nuptials.
He told The Times that Venice won the couple’s affection with some help from Dolce & Gabbana designer Domenico Dolce.
Local officials also said four luxury hotels and a fleet of water taxis have been rented for the occasion, The Times reported.
The Associated Press has reported that the wedding will span three days at the end of June.
The Amazon founder and his fiancée have invited around 200 guests, according to Brugnaro’s statement. That list is said to include Kim Kardashian, Ivanka Trump, and Bill Gates, among other celebrities and billionaires.
According to AP, they’ll be treated to food, favors, and more from Italian vendors, including Rosa Salva pastries and Murano glassware from design studio Laguna B.
Though some locals have protested the event, Brugnaro said Venice is equipped to handle the star-studded ceremony and has “experience in international events much larger than this.”
“The organization (Bezos and guests) have categorically not booked large amounts of gondolas or excessive numbers of water taxis,” he said. “It is their utmost priority to make sure the city functions as normal, for all, with no abnormal disruption to anyone.”
The couple was previously surrounded by rumors that they were hosting a $600 million winter wedding in Aspen last year until Bezos shut down the speculation on X.
Italian publications later said they’d wed on Bezos’ $500 million yacht in the region, though The Daily Mail reported that the rumor was false.
Page Six reported that wedding invitations were officially sent, and the couple’s outfit fittings were underway.
In March, photos of Bezos and Sánchez visiting a Dolce & Gabbana store in Milan were published. As they left the boutique, members of their posse were seen carrying white garment bags.
The couple returned to Italy in early June and visited Dolce and Gabbana Martini, a luxury bar.
There are also rumors that Sánchez’s wedding dress will be designed by Oscar de la Renta, the same designer who created her 2024 Met Gala gown.
The story of Bezos and Sánchez
The couple is said to have connected at an Amazon Studios party for the film “Manchester by the Sea” in 2016 while they were both married to other people.
In 2018, they reconnected professionally when Bezos hired Sánchez’s aerial filming company to work with Blue Origin.
Bezos and his now ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, announced their divorce on January 9, 2019, and his relationship with Sánchez was announced hours later.
The couple confirmed their engagement in May 2023 and have been attending major events like White House dinners and movie premieres ever since.
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