The second marriage for both is taking place in Venice, Italy, under a shroud of secrecy and amid a swarm of speculation.

Each knew of the other for years, but it took an intense conversation at a party in 2023 — plus a missed DM, a text chain, many more texts, phone calls and the Doha Forum — to set a dinner date.

As the Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sánchez nuptials approach, a look at how second weddings went from low-key to lavish.

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