Singer Dua Lipa and actor Callum Turner are holding a 3-day wedding event series in Sicily (Italy) this weekend, opening with a cocktail party for famous guests on Friday.
The event took place at Palazzo Valguarnera Gangi mansion in Piazza Croce dei Vespri (Palermo, Italy), with many famous faces attending such as Charli XCX, Mark Ronson, Troye Sivan, Joe Alwyn, Donatella Versace.
Dua Lipa appeared with her husband in a white backless, tassel dress from Bottega Veneta worth about £2,580, along with a set of Bvlgari jewelry, including a classic Manchette watch worth about £185,000. Callum was elegant in a suit by Jacques Marie Mage. He kept looking at Dua Lipa with affectionate eyes before bowing down to give her a kiss.
According to media reports, the couple spent nearly £9,000 to rent out the entire venue for the first cocktail party.
In addition, the organizers also paid nearly £9,000 to rent a venue to host another reception at Villa Valguarnera in Bagheria city on Saturday.
The total cost for the lavish wedding of the singer of "Dance the night" and the star of "Fantastic beasts" in Italy is estimated at 1.5 million Euros (about 45 billion VND).
However, the blockade of many squares and streets is causing no small number of local people to be upset, due to traffic restrictions and inconveniences in daily life.
Graffiti lines with vulgar content were drawn on a marble column in the square - where the main wedding activities took place on Friday. A protest slogan read: "Palermo is not for rent".
According to local media, Dua Lipa and Callum Turner paid about £10,000 to the city government to rent Piazza Croce.
The area around the square was subject to strict parking regulations until Saturday morning. Stores around were required to close, and residents with balconies facing the venue had to pull down curtains.
The Galleria Moderna Museum of Modern Art, located opposite the square, closed from 2 pm on Friday because it will also be used for part of wedding activities. According to information, this location was rented for about £10,000.
Metal fences were also erected to form a isolation area, helping VIP guests attending the wedding to move by car without being seen.
More than 50 bodyguards were mobilized from Rome and London to ensure security for the wedding.
Police and security forces have prepared to establish a "steel security belt" around the Piazza Sant'Anna and Piazza Croce dei Vespri squares in Palermo from Thursday to Saturday.
However, officials are said to have only made a rather vague announcement, saying that there will be a "production performance event" instead of directly confirming that this is Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's wedding.
