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"So nice they did it twice!\r\nAfter tying the knot in a civil ceremony Friday, Monaco&amp;apos;s Prince Albert II and new bride Charlene Wittstock repeated their vows in a star-studded religious ceremony.\r\n\r\nHeld in the courtyard of the prince&amp;apos;s royal palace Saturday, the Roman Catholic ceremony&amp;apos;s guest list included the likes of Gerard Butler, Karolina Kurkova and fashion designer Giorgio Armani.\r\nIndeed, Armani played a much larger role in the couple&amp;apos;s big day: He designed the South African-bred bride&amp;apos;s wedding gown.\r\n\r\nFor her walk down the aisle Saturday, former Olympic swimmer Wittstock, 33, donned a flowing off-white silk duchesse gown with a 15-foot train featuring floral embroidery and Swarovski crystals. Her look was topped off with a &amp;quot;Diamond Spray&amp;quot; tiara created by Lorenz Baumer that featured 11 encrusted diamond pears.\r\nAs she basks in newlywed glow, Wittstock can now say she proved wrong those detractors who predicted she&amp;apos;d be a runaway bride.\r\n\r\nOn Thursday, the Palace slammed rumors on a French website that the new Princess of Monaco had attempted to bail on the wedding and flee to South Africa.\r\n&amp;quot;The Royal Palace formally denies the false allegations published on the site www.lexpress.fr,&amp;quot; the statement said, as excerpted by CNN. &amp;quot;The sole intention of these rumors is to seriously damage the image of the Sovereign, as a result of damaging that of Miss Wittstock, and bear down on this happy event.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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