{"id":201672,"date":"2025-12-24T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/201672\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T14:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:35:07","slug":"venus-williams-marries-actor-and-model-andrea-preti-in-palm-beach-ceremony-venus-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/201672\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus Williams marries actor and model Andrea Preti in Palm Beach ceremony | Venus Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Venus Williams married actor and model Andrea Preti over the weekend, the tennis great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSnHdiVFedh\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced Tuesday<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Williams, 45, and Preti were married in Palm Beach, Florida, following a five-day celebration that included family and close friends. The couple also held a non-official ceremony in Italy earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Preti is a Danish-born Italian actor and model, according to IMDb. The couple met during Milan Fashion Week in 2024 and became engaged in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Williams referenced Preti publicly for the first time in July while competing at the DC Open, where she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/jul\/23\/venus-williams-oldest-wta-singles-winner-dc-open\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">became the second-oldest woman in the Open era<\/a> to win a tour-level singles match. After the victory, Williams thanked her fianc\u00e9, who was in the stands, during her on-court interview.<\/p>\n<p>Allow Instagram content?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-j4jr8l\">This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click &#8216;Allow and continue&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The wedding comes as Williams continues to extend one of the longest careers in professional tennis history. She had not competed in a tournament for 16 months before returning in Washington and has said she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/nov\/05\/venus-williams-auckland-classic-return\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plans to play a 33rd consecutive season<\/a> on the WTA Tour beginning in January in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Williams is a seven-time grand slam singles champion and a former world No 1. Beyond tennis, she remains a prominent figure in fashion and culture. Earlier this month, it was announced that Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/fashion\/2025\/dec\/10\/beyonce-venus-williams-nicole-kidman-met-gala\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will co-chair the 2026 Met Gala<\/a> alongside Beyonc\u00e9, Nicole Kidman and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The couple\u2019s Palm Beach wedding followed several days of events, including a private courthouse ceremony on Friday morning and a larger celebration on Saturday, according to Vogue, which first reported details of the wedding festivities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Williams has not announced any changes to her competitive schedule following the marriage.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venus Williams married actor and model Andrea Preti over the weekend, the tennis great announced Tuesday on social&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-201672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}