George and Amal formally tie the knot at Venice civil ceremony

George Clooney and new wife Amal Alamuddin have had a second opportunity to say “I do” when they celebrated a civil ceremony in Venice today. The couple, who tied the knot on Saturday in a private ceremony at the Aman Grand Canale attended by Hollywood celebrity friends and family, followed up with a required civil procedure before Italian authorities. The newlyweds arrived at the historic Cavalli Palace along Venice’s Grand Canal by water taxi.

Grand. Simple. More than perfect.

How Amal Alamuddin’s father Ramzi described Saturday’s wedding at the seven-star Aman Canal Grande hotel.

The Oscar-winning actor looked dapper in grey suit and matching tie, while the bride wore a cream-coloured, short-sleeved jacket with palazzo pants and a matching wide-brimmed hat. They turned to wave at hundreds of people waiting hours for their arrival. George ushered his wife inside, and they emerged 20 minutes later with former Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni, who performed both ceremonies. The Clooneys are rumoured to be spending their honeymoon in Morocco’s former imperial city of Marrakech. Human rights lawyer Alamuddin, 36, was born in Lebanon but moved to Britain when she was a toddler.