Details of the wedding have been kept a secret, although many guests were seen cutting through the canal by water taxis to the first bash of the weekend on Thursday.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s Venice wedding bonanza is getting under way. The couple shared a kiss before leading their celebrity guests through the lagoon city to the first bash of the weekend.

The wedding, hosted in Venice, Italy, is expected to cost millions of dollars as residents protest the upcoming luxury event.