Following the announcement last week that Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock would marry in church on 9th July 2011, the date of the wedding has been brought forward.

The civil ceremony will now take place on 2nd July, and the religious ceremony on the 3rd July 2011. This is so that the couple can attend the International Olympic Committee meeting in Durban from 5th to 9th July, which also means that Charlene's first foreign trip as Princess will be to the country of her birth, South Africa.

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Read Nice Matin's July interview with Charlene Wittstock (in French).