The event, expected to attract some 200 guests including U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, as well as scores of stars from film, fashion and business, has been dubbed "the wedding of the century".

Greenpeace and the U.K.-based collective Everyone Hates Elon have joined protests in Venice attempting to disrupt, or even prevent, the planned wedding celebrations of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Emmy-winning journalist,

Amid the growing backlash, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's wedding planners have come to their defence. In a statement, they asserted that their clients 'explicitly instructed them to minimize any disruption to the city during their three-day wedding festivities'.