Overview

• Approximately 200 high-profile guests arrived in Venice for the June 24–27 wedding ceremonies on San Giorgio Maggiore.
• The final reception has been redirected to a fortified Arsenale shipyard to address elevated security advisories tied to the Israel-Iran conflict.
• Bezos’s superyacht “Koru” will remain off Croatia as Italian forces raised alert levels and deployed barriers, drone patrols and rooftop snipers.
• Greenpeace and other activists unfurled a banner on St. Mark’s Square reading “If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax.”
• The event is expected to exceed $10 million, and the couple has asked guests to forgo gifts in favor of charitable donations.