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00:03 Report / David Sincock

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The Amazon tycoon's wedding was never going to be a low key affair - and Jeff Bezos and his fiancee have made the canals and palazzos of Venice their own. ((The nuptials are supposedly costing up to 50 million dollars - a fair chunk of that no doubt going on outfits for Lauren Sanchez.)) 

Among the famous faces joining the party - a clutch of Kardashians including Kylie Jenner.... Oprah Winfrey.... Philanthropist Bill Gates... and former American football star Tom Brady.

 This farmer scaled a flagpole in St Mark's Square to protest against the dominance of the world's richest 1%.

Many locals are also appalled by the extravagance on display.

Vox Pops (Italian, Mx2, F)

“Never, like Jeff Bezos, has anyone had this hubris, this arrogance to regard all of Venice as his personal property.”

"They are ruining the planet, it's just a money business. What about our grandchildren, what will they be left with?

"There's only one thing that rules the world now: money, money, money. We are the losers."

A Bezos lookalike is proving a big hit with the selfie crowd.

Venice clearly has more mixed feelings about the real thing.