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 said it teamed with the British group “Everyone Hates Elon,” which has smashed Teslas to protest Elon Musk, for Monday’s banner. Greenpeace said it wanted to draw attention to the comparatively low taxes many billionaires pay while allegedly exacerbating the climate crisis with environmentally unsustainable lifestyles.