Elton, Furnish honeymoon in Venice

David Furnish gives his civil union to Elton John a thumbs up. The couple wed after 12 years together. The low-key ceremony was be followed by a lavish star-studded reception.
VENICE, Italy -- Sir Elton John and Canadian filmmaker David Furnish shopped and lunched at Harry's Bar on Saturday, honeymooning in Venice after tying the knot in a civil union ceremony in Britain this week, news reports said. The Venice daily The New Venice and Mestre featured a photo of the couple on the front page of its Saturday editions, saying that the singer and filmmaker had chosen to spend their honeymoon in the romantic canal city where John keeps a home. The couple exchanged vows and diamond wedding bands Wednesday in Windsor, capping the first week of legalized same-sex civil unions in the United Kingdom. The ANSA news agency said the two arrived in Venice on Thursday and were staying at John's home on Giudecca, one of the islands of Venice's lagoon. The two took a water taxi to St. Mark's Square and lunched at the nearby Harry's Bar, then shopped in some of the area's fancy stores, ANSA said.