Newlyweds George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin emerged from the Aman hotel on the Grand Canal in Venice on Sunday and cruised through the heart of the floating city in a launch in their first public appearance since marrying on Saturday night.
Alamuddin, who has become a worldwide celebrity since her relationship began with Clooney, looked every inch the movie star, while her husband had the assured look of a leading man in one of his romantic comedies.
But the real star of the show was Venice - its pastel-coloured palazzi were splashed with sunshine and its cupolas, bell towers and spires were framed against a cloudless blue sky.
Wearing a lacy white dress embroidered with pink and red floral motifs by Italian designer Giambattista Valli, Alamuddin, a 36-year-old human rights lawyer, waved to the crowds. She wore a diamond-encrusted ring on her finger.
By her side stood the man nicknamed "Gorgeous George", in a grey suit, a blue and silver tie, and sporting the look of a man who could not be happier, despite vowing 20 years ago that he would never remarry. Clooney wore a plain platinum band on his wedding finger.
The couple's water taxi was surrounded by a small armada of craft, including police patrol boats and motor launches carrying paparazzi and television crews.
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Today the couple are expected to travel back up the Grand Canal for a formal civil wedding ceremony at the 13th-century town hall to make the union legal under Italian law. They will arrive at the town hall near Rialto Bridge as council workers stage a protest over salary cuts. Protesters, who have written to the movie star, hope Clooney may help publicise their grievances.