Jolie and Pitt rumoured to be getting married in Africa

Apr 18, 2006, 14:23 GMT

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are rumoured to be getting married in Africa.

The Hollywood couple - who are expecting their first baby together - sparked wedding rumours after tightening security at their Namibian hideaway.

Heavily pregnant Angelina ordered her bodyguards to keep people off the beach outside the swanky Burning Shore beach lodge - where she and Brad have been staying for several days - and staff were spotted erecting huge cloth screens around the property.

The couple's relatives are also thought to be flying to the southern African resort.

An insider is quoted in Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper as saying: 'We've heard Brad Pitt's brother Doug is flying out and some of her family, too. Everyone's wondering if they're going to get married here before the baby's born.

'It's only a month to go until Angelina is due to give birth, so they don't have much time left if they want to get married first.'

Last month, it was claimed Angelina - who has two adopted children, four-year-old Maddox and baby Zahara - was being guarded by lions at the remote lodge.

The Oscar-winning actress was said to be hoping the wild animals will stop the world's media getting too close.

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