George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin are to invite just 60 close family and friends to their wedding, a report claimed yesterday.

    The couple are set to tie the knot on a private Venetian island in a couple of weeks and, according to a Daily Mirror newspaper source, they will initially exchange vows on Friday at Chelsea Town Hall before jetting off to Venice for a relatively small ceremony.

    Despite this, the insider claims that an entire Venetian island has been booked for the occasion, with Alamuddin’s paternal aunt, May Salman, and her children Ramzi and Makram thought to be central to the whole event.

    Speculation continues to surround the identity of George’s best man, with Brad Pitt and Matt Damon said to be among those in contention*.(SD-Agencies)