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Ferne McCann has set her sights on a more ‘intimate and low-key’ wedding day in French Riviera after her previous plans to have a huge wedding.
The former TOWIE star, 32, who got engaged to her beau Lorri Haines in July last year, is reportedly more focused on making the affair special for her family and friends, rather than keeping up appearances in the showbiz world.
The reality TV star, who is a proud mum to daughter Sunday, 5, had previously spoken about jetting off to the sun to get married, and it seems that that idea is very much still on the table - but Ferne has her heart set on a more intimate affair after a tough year.
“While Ferne has said to friends that of course every girl dreams about that huge, big wedding, she is at the stage now where she just wants her nearest and dearest there,” a source told. “She would love that.”
Ferne and Lorri are planning a destination wedding (fernemccann/Instagram)
The pair have been dating for a year (fernemccann/Instagram)“She may go abroad but she is wanting to keep it a bit more low-key and much more intimate and focus on the friends and family that she’ll have there," the insider told OK! Magazine.
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Ferne sparked speculation that she may have set her sights on a South of France wedding when she started following Chloé Atlan, who is an award-winning wedding planner based in Cannes.
France could well be the location for Ferne and Lorri's wedding, after businessman Lorri proposed on a beach in Le Touquet.
At the time of their engagement, Ferne shared a snap of the happy couple sharing a kiss as she penned: "So happily ever afters do exist. I cannot wait to do forever with you baby."
The lovebirds got engaged in the summer (fernemccann/Instagram)
Ferne is reportedly hoping to wed in the South of France (Getty Images)Ferne’s change of mind about her wedding day after a tough year where voice notes allegedly featuring her voice bashing Sam Faiers and Billie Shepherd were leaked.
Another leaked voice note heard Ferne slam one of the victims of her ex-boyfriend Arthur Collins’ 2017 acid attack.
Ferne released a statement apologising to acid victim Sophie Hall for her comments and insisted the voice notes had been 'manipulated, edited and taken out of context'.
Throughout the drama, Ferne was supported by her beau, Lorri.
Ferne and Lorri fell head over heels while Ferne was on a trip to Dubai (lozzahaines/Instagram)Ferne, 32, started dating the 31-year-old real estate agent, who lives in Dubai, in January last year.
Going public with their romance in February, Ferne told fans: "When you least expect it, you could meet someone who will completely change your life forever."
Ferne fell head over heels with Lorri and revealed they had discussed marriage and babies just weeks into their romance.
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Ferne McCann says fiancé Lorri is one of 'the best things' that's ever happened to her (Instagram)"[Marriage and kids] is definitely something we talk about all the time. Lorri’s the first person I can see having a future with, so those things often come up. And with one of my best friends Danielle [Armstrong] getting married this year – it’s happening all around us.
"It’s not just a dream – I feel like it is going to happen," she told OK!.
The Mirror has reached out to Ferne McCann's representatives for comment on this story.