Many details of the wedding are still under wraps - including the precise day it will happen - but it is certain that scores of stars from film, fashion and business will arrive to see Bezos tie the knot - provided they can get past the protesters.

Jeff Bezos’s upcoming Venice wedding has become a lightning rod for protest, as locals disgruntled with overtourism join climate activists to rage against a spectacle that to them epitomises many global ills.

Greenpeace has joined the protests against Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s upcoming Venice wedding by unfurling a huge banner in St. Mark's Square.