The event, expected to attract some 200 guests including U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, as well as scores of stars from film, fashion and business, has been dubbed "the wedding of the century".

Greenpeace and the U.K.-based collective Everyone Hates Elon have joined protests in Venice attempting to disrupt, or even prevent, the planned wedding celebrations of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Emmy-winning journalist,

GREENPEACE unveiled a banner in Venice today attacking Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who is hiring whole sections of the city for his wedding this week. “If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax,” the banner reads of the union-busting tycoon, among the world’s richest men.