Overview
- On May 31 the couple legally married in London and this weekend began a multi-day celebration in Palermo and nearby Bagheria using venues such as Villa Igiea, the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo Gangi/Valguarnera and Villa Valguarnera.
- Organizers and local authorities closed key plazas, moved museum hours earlier and set up barriers and no-drone zones to protect guests, with strict press limits and reported confidentiality agreements for nearby residents.
- Around 200–300 guests from music and fashion circles attended early events, with reported names including Elton John, Donatella Versace, Charli XCX and Mark Ronson and extensive designer looks for Dua Lipa.
- Residents and the activist group Apro Palermo posted banners and staged street protests opposing the temporary privatization of public spaces, and security teams removed some banners and restricted photography, according to multiple reports.
- Press coverage differs on costs and compensation: some outlets estimate the celebration in the low millions, while tabloid reports say modest payments were made to affected residents, a claim that remains contested.