'Palermo is not for rent' say Dua Lipa wedding bash protesters

Residents of Palermo angered by

streets being closed off for the wedding bash between

British-Albanian-Kosovar singer-songwriter Dua Lipa and her

newly wed British actor husband Callum Turner have put up signs

saying "Palermo is not for rent, our piazza is not your living

room".

Citizens in the Sicilian capital have rejected Mayor Roberto

Lagalla's contention that the event will bring "great

advertising returns for the city of Palermo" and have posted

their protests on the barricades sealing off the street that

leads to the city's modern art gallery, where Lipa and Turner

are holding a buffet Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile paparazzi led by the British tabloids are buzzing

around Palermo trying to find out where the main event will be

Friday night.

Lipa, 30, and London-born Fantastic Beasts star Turner, 36, got

hitched in a registry office in the British capital earlier this

week and picked Palermo for their reception.

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