Monaco ready for royal wedding

Workers prepare the main courtyard of the Monaco palace on Monday, June 27, 2011, ahead of the marriage ceremony of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Zimbabwe-born former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock on July 1 and 2. It's still the biggest thing to hit Monaco since Grace Kelly whose 1956 wedding to Prince Rainier III ushered in a new era of high-wattage glamour into this tiny Riviera principality known for its high-flying casinos and lax tax laws.

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