The Amazon founder and Lauren Sánchez are due to tie the knot next week - as activists say Venice is being turned into an "asset" for the rich and famous.

Bezos' lavish nuptials in Venice later in June could be disrupted by angry locals set on jumping in the city's canals to stop it.

After struggling at first to hang a massive “No Space for Bezos” banner, complete with a drawing of his inarguably phallic Blue Origin rocket in the center, a handful of speakers roused the crowd of around 300 Venetians,