Jeff Bezos’s upcoming Venice wedding has become a lightning rod for protest, as locals disgruntled with overtourism join climate activists to rage against a spectacle that to them epitomises many global ills.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding planners have insisted they have no plans to take over the city of Venice in the face of mounting protests from locals.The Amazon billionaire plans to wed fiancée Sanchez at a lavish three-day ceremony in Venice this week,