Lauren Sánchez Appears In Venice Ahead Of Wedding To Jeff Bezos Today (Photos)

Lauren Sánchez Appears In Venice Ahead Of Wedding To Jeff Bezos Today (Photos)ByConor Murray, Forbes Staff

Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends

All rights reserved Key Facts Sánchez was spotted sporting sunglasses and a head scarf while leaving a hotel in Venice, Italy, on Friday afternoon, hours before she is set to marry Bezos on San Giorgio Island

Billionaire Oprah Winfrey and journalist Gayle King, who joined Sánchez on Blue Origin’s star-studded and controversial flight to the edge of space in April, were photographed arriving in Venice on Thursday

Some A-list actors have been spotted in Venice, including Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti, Sydney Sweeney and Orlando Bloom, who appeared to arrive without Katy Perry after multiple tabloids reported the couple split after nine years together (TMZ reported Perry, who also joined Sánchez on Blue Origin’s space flight and att her bachelorette party, was invited to the wedding)

NFL star Tom Brady was photographed boarding a water taxi outside Venice’s Marco Polo Airport on Thursday

Billionaires including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Barry Diller, chairman and founder of the internet and media conglomerate IAC, were also photographed in Venice

Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, were pictured arriving at Marco Polo Airport and boarding a water taxi Tuesday

Kendall and Kylie Jenner in Venice on Thursday. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images)GC ImagesKhloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner in Venice, Italy on Friday. (Photo by Andrea Cremascoli/GC Images)GC Images Sydney Sweeney in Venice, Italy on Friday. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images)GC ImagesBill Gates and his partner Paula Hurd in Venice on Friday. (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO / AFP) (Photo

More by ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesKim Kardashian in Venice on Thursday. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty ImagesLeonardo Di Caprio was spotted in Venice on Thursday. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images)GC Images Football star Tom Brady arrives in Venice. (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty ImagesBezos and Sánchez were photographed arriving in Venice on Wednesday. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC

More Images)GC ImagesIvanka Trump and Jared Kushner board a water taxi in Venice on Tuesday. (Photo by Luigi Iorio/GC

More Images)GC Images Surprising Fact Bezos invited President Donald Trump to the wedding, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing White House sources, though Trump will not attend because of scheduling conflicts

Who Else Is Expected To Attend Bezos’ Wedding

Many of the details the wedding, including the guest list, have largely been kept under wraps

TMZ reported celebrities who received invites include Katy Perry and Gayle King, who accompanied Sànchez on Blue Origin’s flight to the edge of space, as well as Oprah Winfrey, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Jewel, Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner

Tony Gonzalez, a former NFL tight end and Sànchez’s ex-boyfriend, with whom she has a son, will attend the wedding, TMZ reported

City officials said the guest list for Bezos’ wedding is limited to 200 people

When And Where Is Bezos’ Wedding

Bezos and Sánchez will get married on Friday, the centerpiece of an extravagant three-day celebration

The couple will tie the knot on San Giorgio Island, a small locale known for its centuries-old church that boasts a bell tower in a ceremony featuring a performance by Matteo Bocelli, son of opera singer Andrea Bocelli

The festivities began Thursday with a party at the Madonna dell’Orto cathedral, and the celebration is expected to conclude Saturday at Venice’s Arsenale, historically a shipyard and armory. tests by locals, who are frustrated with overtourism and Bezos’ links to President Donald Trump, forced Bezos to move a wedding party from a central Venetian nightlife area to a more isolated part of the city, Reuters reported

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