Princess Charlene of Monaco has broken her silence to deny reports that she was a reluctant, almost runaway bride in the run-up to her marriage to Prince Albert four months ago.
The South African former Olympic swimmer, who was photographed weeping on her wedding day, dismissed as "hilarious" rumours thatshe tried to buy a one-way ticket home to Johannesburg two days before the ceremony.
At her husband's side for their first joint television interview since the £50 million (NZ$101m) wedding, she said: "Why would he go through all this effort to have our... dearest friends come join us, for us to be reluctant?"
Prince Albert added: "My family have long been the subject of rumours born out of jealousy."
