Charlene Wittstock spends weekend before Monaco wedding at Special Olympics

(CBS) Instead of tending to last-minuet wedding plans, Monaco's royal bride-to-be Charlene Wiottstock was in Greece this weekend, fulfilling the kind of royal duties that will be a staple of her married life.

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According to the Monaco Times, the former Olympic swimmer represented Monaco at the official opening of the Athens 2011 Special Olympic Games and was elected to a three-year term on the Special Olympics International board.

Timothy Shriver, Special Olympics CEO, said the princess-to-be "will play a key role in helping us build around the world more communities of respect, acceptance and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities."

According to the Monaco Times., the 33-year-old bride, as a royal representative of Monaco, will be expected to help transform the principality's reputation as an enclave for the uber-rich by showing the world that it can be influential in the work of good causes.