Venezuela Fury, 16, is set to marry Noah Price, 19, this weekend after the couple got engaged at her 16th birthday party last year. Fury shared her final wedding preparations with followers earlier this week, turning a private family milestone into a public flashpoint.

The wedding has drawn scrutiny because of Fury’s age, and because the family has spent months arguing over whether the marriage should go ahead. John Fury said on the Netflix series At Home With The Furys that he was worried about his granddaughter marrying so young. “They’re children!” he said. “I don’t think she’s mature enough for anything like - she’s still a baby.” He added: “On my watch a 15-year-old should never have a boyfriend, never.”

Paris Fury has taken the opposite view. She said Venezuela was “so mature for her years,” and pointed to her own experience, saying she was 17 when she got engaged. Paris also said she would support her daughter if she was happy. “I know she’s young. But I think she’s found the person she loves and if she’s happy, I will completely support her,” she said.

The wedding lands at a moment when the wider Fury family is already strained. Earlier this year, Tyson Fury and John Fury had a major fallout, and John later refused to attend Tyson’s comeback fight against Arslanbek Makhmudov last month. John said his relationship with his son had been completely destroyed by boxing. Tyson, for his part, defended Price as a “decent fella” and said his father had spent six years trying to stop him fighting.

Tyson said John had not wanted him to keep boxing after his first victory over Deontay Wilder six years ago. He said his father might still show up for the Makhmudov fight, but “I’m not holding my breath.” Tyson added: “My dad will do what my dad will do, he’s his own man and there’s nothing I can do about it. If he turns up, great and if he doesn’t, also great.” He also said John did not come to the Usyk II fight.

That broader feud matters because it has framed the family’s response to Venezuela’s engagement from the start. John’s objections were aired publicly, Paris has backed the couple, and Tyson has tried to keep his distance from the argument while still speaking up for Price. The result is that what began as a birthday-party engagement is now a weekend wedding carrying the weight of a family split that boxing helped deepen.

For Venezuela, the immediate next step is simple: she is expected to marry Price this weekend. The larger question is whether the Fury family can keep treating the wedding as a celebration when the adults around her are still openly divided over whether it should have happened at all.