Aretha Franklin is to wed longtime friend William Wilkerson this summer.
The Respect hitmaker released a statement to the Associated Press yesterday announcing the news, revealing the couple is planning to exchange vows in Miami Beach, Florida and celebrate its nuptials with friends and family during a reception on a private yacht.
This will be the Queen of Soul's third marriage - she was married to Ted White for eight years before the two divorced in 1969 and she ended her six-year marriage to actor Glynn Turman in 1984.
Joking about her sudden motivation to wed again, she stated: "No, I'm not pregnant."
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