(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Newlyweds George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin were expected to hold a civil service at Venice town hall yesterday to officialise their star-studded more than perfect marriage.
The Hollywood heartthrob and his wife cut an elegant pair at the prow of a vintage water taxi on Sunday when they led a flotilla of boats down the Grand Canal after dancing nearly till dawn during a star-studded overnight ceremony and party.
“The wedding was more than perfect” Amal’s father Ramzi Alamuddin said describing the festivities as both “grand” and “simple”.
He added that the couple were a great match and “very happy” about how they were welcomed in Venice.
“It is very good news among the bad news we are living now” he said referring to the unrest in the Middle East and on the borders of Lebanon where the bride was born.
Human rights lawyer Alamuddin who moved to Britain when she was three looked effortlessly graceful in a long-sleeved white lace dress covered with pink and red flowers in her first public appearance as Mrs Clooney while the US actor was suave as ever in a finely cut grey suit.
During their brief public outing 53-year-old Clooney was begged by the crowd to show off his ring a wide band in white gold — and jokingly looked at his right hand in surprise.
Alamuddin’s ring was more delicate and looked like it featured a band of small diamonds.
They are expected to spend their honeymoon in Morocco’s former imperial city of Marrakech according to a source.
The pair said “I do” late Saturday at a private ceremony in Venice’s palatial Aman Canal Grande hotel before celebrating with a star-strewn guestlist in one of the eagerly awaited celebrity weddings in years.
There were wolf-whistles and cheers as the actor scooped his new wife into his arms for a nuptial kiss and his hands were shaking so much that he did a botched job cutting the wedding cake a source close to the hotel said.
Attendees including Matt Damon Bill Murray Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber — rumoured to be Clooney’s best man — reportedly danced well into the early hours to tracks by Blondie Jackson 5 and Daft Punk.