The Hollywood superstar let slip the wedding plans to the human rights lawyer while receiving a humanitarian award at the Celebrity Fight Night in Tuscany. He told the crowd they would be ‘marrying in a couple of weeks, in Venice of all places’.

This set the rumour mill into overdrive and speculation is that the Belmond Hotel Cipriani is the chosen location.

Set on Giudecca Island overlooking the Venezian archipelago, Clooney could be exchanging his vows just yards from the gardens where the legendary Casanova wooed his lovers.

A wedding banns notice for George Clooney and Amal Alamudding was posted at Chelsea Register Office on August 6.

The rumour mill also has it that fellow actor and close friend Brad Pitt will be the best man.