The Telegraph called Bagheria, in the province of Palermo, “the former stronghold of the Sicilian mafia” when presenting the location of Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s wedding reception. A wording that, in reality, was even more explicit at the beginning, without the prefix “ex”: the correction came after reactions from Sicilian institutions.
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The Telegraph, in the same article describing the first day of celebrations in Palermo, indicated Bagheria as part of the “triangle of death,” citing an abandoned nail factory used, according to the newspaper, to eliminate and dissolve victims of organized crime in acid. The article also mentions Bernardo Provenzano, with a photo.
And again: The Sun headlined “Sun, sea and sopranos, the brutal past of the island loved by stars,” with a subtitle describing Cosa Nostra as the organization that “ruled Sicily with an iron fist for 150 years,” accompanied by images of the Capaci massacre and the arrest of Giovanni Brusca.
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Schifani demands official apologies: “Damage to Sicily’s image”
These are some of the passages from articles that appeared in the English media that have angered Sicilian citizens and institutions. First and foremost, the President of the Region Renato Schifani, who acknowledged the correction made by the Telegraph, calling it “necessary,” but stated that “the damage to the image of Sicily and Sicilians has been enormous.” Schifani demanded official apologies from the British newspaper, stating that “the simple correction of the title is not enough.”
The mayor of Palermo Roberto Lagalla called it “surreal that in 2026 we still have to fight against clichés that belong more to the imagination of those who use them than to the reality of the facts,” emphasizing the city’s “long, difficult, and often painful path to redemption.”
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