{"id":236003,"date":"2025-07-03T23:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/236003\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T23:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:55:11","slug":"jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-ripped-one-major-wedding-detail-straight-from-prince-william-and-kate-middleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/236003\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Ripped One Major Wedding Detail Straight From Prince William and Kate Middleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-dropcap\"><strong>Jeff Bezos<\/strong> and <strong>Lauren S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> said \u201cI do\u201d last weekend in romantic Venice. The newlyweds celebrated their union in a wedding which ran them an estimated $50 million.<\/p>\n<p>Long anticipated, the wedding lived up to all its promises: couture gowns by Schiaparelli, an extravagant yacht, the City of Water as a private setting, hand-picked guests, and, of course, a musical program worthy of the greatest stages. The couple invited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2023\/04\/ellie-goulding-higher-than-heaven-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British singer <strong>Ellie Goulding<\/strong><\/a> to perform at the reception on June 27.<\/p>\n<p>Ellie Goulding au mariage de Jeff Bezos et Lauren Sanchez.Ernesto S. Ruscio<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The choice echoes that of Kate Middleton and Prince William, who also invited the artist to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-grease-dance-number-at-their-2011-wedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their wedding reception<\/a> in 2011, hosted by <strong>King Charles III.<\/strong> For that occasion, the artist performed a highly personal version of \u201cYour Song,\u201d the classic by John, who was a close friend of Princess Diana. \u201cPerforming the first dance of the night, \u2018Your Song,\u2019 was nerve-wracking,\u201d she told the <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2216484\/Ellie-Goulding-Singing-Royal-wedding.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2216484\/Ellie-Goulding-Singing-Royal-wedding.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2216484\/Ellie-Goulding-Singing-Royal-wedding.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail<\/a> in 2012. \u201cBut William and Kate were very appreciative. They are an awesome couple and told me how much they enjoyed it. My band and I stayed at the reception all night, and it\u2019s something I\u2019ll treasure forever.\u201d The performance continued with \u201cStarry Eyed\u201d and a cover of The Killers\u2019 \u201cMr. Brightside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Almost fourteen years later, Goulding once again chose \u201cYour Song\u201d to accompany the Bezos couple\u2019s debut. <strong>Matteo Bocelli,<\/strong> son of <strong>Andrea Bocelli,<\/strong> also sang at the ceremony. A few weeks before the festivities, a British source had revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.fr\/article\/on-en-sait-un-peu-plus-sur-les-artistes-invites-a-performer-au-mariage-de-jeff-bezos-et-lauren-sanchez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lady Gaga and Elton John were invited to perform<\/a>, but it didn\u2019t materialize. A last-minute hitch, perhaps.<\/p>\n<p>Le prince William, Kate Middleton et Ellie Goulding lors du Earthshot Prize 2022.Samir Hussein<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">A host of celebrities made the trip to Italy to attend the union of Mr. and Mrs. Bezos. <strong>Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom,<\/strong> the Kardashian and Jenner sisters, <strong>Leonardo DiCaprio, Usher, Bill Gates,<\/strong> and <strong>Fran\u00e7ois-Henri Pinault<\/strong> were among the guests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The pomp and circumstance of the wedding was reminiscent of that of Princess Diana and Prince Charles on July 29, 1981. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be like a Princess Di thing,\u201d S\u00e1nchez\u2019s older brother, <strong>Paul,<\/strong> predicted to <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/27\/lauren-sanchez-brother-paul-wedding-big-like-princess-diana\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/27\/lauren-sanchez-brother-paul-wedding-big-like-princess-diana\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/27\/lauren-sanchez-brother-paul-wedding-big-like-princess-diana\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a> in March. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be an amazing event. There will be lots of fun and star-studded.\u201d He wasn&#8217;t wrong. It\u2019s just one more thing they have in common with the royals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez said \u201cI do\u201d last weekend in romantic Venice. 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