Monday 4 July 2022 01:09 PM Elon Musk is spotted out and about in Venice and kids climb on board a boat a ... trends now

Elon Musk has been spotted walking through the streets of Venice while four of his seven children boarded a boat a day after the family enjoyed a surprise visit with Pope Francis in Rome. 

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO was seen by the docks in the Italian City on Sunday alongside his security entourage.

Meanwhile, Musk's son Griffin, 18, as well as his 16-year-old triplets Damian, Kai and Saxon were pictured boarding a water taxi on Saturday after leaving the 5-star Hotel Aman Venice.

A day earlier, the teenagers and Musk met Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome. 'Honored to meet @Pontifex yesterday,' Musk tweeted in the early hours of Saturday morning. 

Four of Musk's teenage children attended the visit whilst his fifth teen, previously known as Xavier, did not after she announced last month she's now a transgender woman called Vivian Jenna Wilson, and that she no longer wishes to be associated with her billionaire father. 

Musk broke his nine day Twitter silence to share a picture of their surprise visit to see the pontiff - and even joked about his ill-fitted suit.  

Musk conceded that the black tailored outfit he was wearing was not befitting of the occasion, replying to a Twitter user who mocked it by answering: 'My suit is tragic.

Musk has spoke of being an atheist, so it is unclear why he decided to meet the pope, and what the two men discussed. 

Musk was married to Damian, Kai and Saxon's mother, Canadian author Justine Wilson, from 2000 until 2008. 

Their first son, Nevada, was born in 2002 and died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) at 10 weeks.  Musk and Wilson went on to have five children: twin sons - Xavier and Griffin, 18 - and triplet boys: Damian, Kai and Saxon, now 16.