Dua Lipa, Turner Rumored to Wed in Palermo This June
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- Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are rumored to be planning a Palermo wedding this summer, possibly in June, after Giornale di Sicilia reported a wedding planner had been hired and an entire floor of suites booked at the five-star art nouveau hotel Villa Igiea, owned by Rocco Forte Hotels.
- A source at Villa Igiea confirmed rooms had been reserved for wedding guests in June but said the ceremony itself would not take place at the venue, contradicting earlier reports of a 5–7 September date.
- La Repubblica floated possible ceremony sites including the inner courtyard of GAM (Palermo's gallery for modern art), the restored church of Santa Maria dello Spasimo, and Piazza Croce dei Vespri, with local media suggesting the square would be fully cordoned off.
- Alessandro Minnone, owner of central Palermo bar Colletti — where Lipa posted photos during her July 2024 visit — told the Guardian the possible wedding filled him with pride, calling the singer "a very down-to-earth and warm person" and welcoming her back for an aperitivo.
- Rumoured wedding planner Alessandra Grillo, who organized Chiara Ferragni and Fedez's 2018 Sicilian celebrations, did not respond to a request for comment, and a spokesperson for Lipa also declined to comment.
- Italian press has billed the event as the "wedding of the year" — a step down from the "wedding of the century" label given to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's Venice nuptials last June, reflecting a more modest spectacle but genuine local devotion in Palermo.
- The couple first met in 2023 at London's River Cafe but did not begin dating until 2024 in Los Angeles; Lipa's love affair with Palermo dates to the same year, when Foot Locker Europe released images of her in a Palermo football club pink shirt promoting Puma Palermo trainers.
Why it matters: If confirmed, the wedding would give Palermo a global media moment drawing comparisons to the Bezos–Sánchez Venice spectacle, but with a quieter, more personal register — Lipa's documented affection for the city since 2023 (Foot Locker shoot, holiday posts, local bar visits) has already turned her into a soft ambassador, and local fans frame the event as civic honor rather than celebrity excess.
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