Shortly after their chic town hall ceremony in London, Dua Lipa and Callum Turner reportedly threw a star-studded wedding celebration in Sicily over the weekend, surrounded by Elton John, Charli XCX, Mark Ronson, Joe Alwyn, Olivia Dean and Donatella Versace. That’s amoré!
Only a couple of photographs from the pre- and post-wedding celebrations have emerged on-line, exhibiting the couple celebrating in Sicily amongst their nearest and dearest. (Naturally we’re all holding our breath for the singer’s official wedding look to drop.)
The setting for their lavish ‘do was the Sicilian capital of Palermo. Known for its wealthy historical past, structure and meals, it made for the excellent backdrop to rejoice love and life – as licensed by the fun-loving couple.
While the full wedding particulars are but to be revealed, we do know that the pair hosted the occasion at Villa Valguarnera, a historic 18th-century mansion referred to as “little Versailles”. Situated excessive above the city and owned by Princess Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca, a title bestowed on her household in 1609 by the King of Spain, the iconic venue was the excellent selection for the pair’s celebrations.
Villa Valguarnera is situated in the central sq. of Bagheria, only a few kilometres from Palermo, and is certainly one of the earliest examples of neoclassical structure. Built by Marianna Ucrìa, Princess Vittoria’s several-times-over great-grandmother, in the 18th century, the website is stuffed with cultural historical past, attracting company comparable to Rudolf Steiner, Krishnamurti, Goethe, Linnaeus and Madame Blavatsky. Royalty have been drawn there too, together with Maria Amalia, daughter of the exiled King of Naples and niece of the just lately beheaded Marie Antoinette, who met Louis Philippe of France in 1806 in the villa.
