«Palert in my heart”he wrote Dua Lipa on Instagram in summer 2025, in a photo with Callum Turner in the alleys of the historic center. It wasn’t just a romantic caption: according to initial rumors, the British pop star and the actor will get married there, from 5 to 7 September 2026. Sicily once again becomes the setting for the most awaited wedding of the decade.
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner, Palermo for the wedding
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner, British actor and model known for Masters of the Air And Fantastic Beaststhey have made their relationship public in 2024. Since then they have been spotted together on several occasions, but it was the visit to Palermo last summer that was the watershed: that city, evidently, remained in the hearts of both of them.
The choice to get married there is not a celebrity whim, but a declaration of love for Italy which the Italian public will only appreciate.
The wedding location: will it be Villa Igiea?
The wedding headquarters would be there Villa Igieahistoric Art Nouveau hotel overlooking the Gulf of Palermo, owned by the Rocco Forte Hotels group. Built at the end of the nineteenth century and recently restored, it is one of the most exclusive addresses in the Mediterranean. A the entire floor of the hotel would have already been reserved to host international guests.
The ceremony, according to rumors, will be deliberately intimate: no companions or second-level acquaintances, only the closest circle. But that circle has some pretty heavy names: Elton John, Donatella Versace, Mark Ronson, Charli XCX and Olivia Dean they would be among those present, as reported by the British tabloid The Sun.
The woman who turns weddings into historic events
He would be the one orchestrating everything Alessandra Grillothe wedding planner who signed the wedding of 2018 Chiara Ferragni and Fedez in Notohave become in the collective imagination the prototype of the Italian wedding-show. His team would already be operational in Palermo, working on a three-day program full of exclusive events.
If the details are confirmed, Sicily will find itself for the second time the epicenter of the most photographed wedding of the decade. And Palermo, after years of cultural and tourist rebirth, will have its international cover.
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