By Sara Rossi and Gabriele Pileri VENICE (Reuters) -Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez began three days of lavish wedding celebrations in Venice on Thursday with tight security shielding their VIP guests from protesters.

With Lauren Sanchez and husband-to-be Jeff Bezos firmly planted in Venice, and VIP guests arriving thick and fast, celebrations surrounding the couple’s highly anticipated wedding can commence.

As a starry guest list of celebrities descend on Venice for the weekend wedding of of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, activists have united under the banner “No Space for Bezos” to protest the nuptials.