Lauren Sanchez becomes Mrs. Bezos: $50M wedding, $5M necklace & royal guests in Venice
ALBAWABA - Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos' lavish Venice wedding dominates global headlines.
News and social media are still dominated by Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's wedding. The Amazon founder and his bride departed the opulent Aman Hotel with a view of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, for their three-day wedding celebration, according to Reuters.
Along with Matteo Bocelli, Andrea Bocelli's son, the pair traveled to San Giorgio Island, where the ring exchange occurred.
In a sumptuous celebration that perfectly captured the grandeur of the event, the newlyweds and their guests were also seen aboard water taxis.
Lauren Sanchez Instagram profile
Lauren recently posted the first wedding photo, which shows her grinning with her husband, Jeff. She captioned the event with the date: "06/27/2025 ♥️." Additionally, she became Lauren Sanchez Bezos on Instagram.
Queen Rania Al Abdullah, her daughter Princess Iman bint Abdullah II, and her husband Jameel Alexander Thermiotis were among the many dignitaries and celebrities that came to the wedding today. Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II and Princess Rajwa Al Hussein, his spouse, joined them.
Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, Khloe and Kim Kardashian, Ellie Goulding, Tom Brady and Usher, Kylie Jenner, Kris Jenner, Orlando Bloom, and Leonardo DiCaprio were also there.
The festivities, which are expected to cost over $50 million, will end on Saturday with a lavish supper at a historic waterfront venue. Elton John and Lady Gaga are reportedly planning to perform soon.
A diamond necklace worth up to $5 million
According to Page Six, Bezos gave his bride a diamond necklace with a big center stone and matching earrings that were thought to be worth between $3 and $5 million.
The necklace "couldn't be ignored because of its striking size," according to the insider, implying that Sanchez would probably use it during the wedding. According to the story, Sanchez has a jewelry collection valued at over $30 million, and she takes pictures of her clothes before public appearances to check them out.
This action was taken around a year after the pair declared their engagement in May 2023, following the discovery of a huge diamond engagement ring on Sanchez's finger while on a cruise aboard their opulent boat, "Koru."
It's important to remember that Bezos and Sanchez started dating in 2019 and that their romance became one of the most well-known in the world of affluent people.
In 2019, Bezos ended his 25-year marriage to MacKenzie Scott, with whom he has four children, in a divorce. Lauren Sanchez has three children from her marriage to Patrick Whitesell.
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