Angelina Jolie is secretly planning a lavish wedding for her and her lover Brad Pitt, it has been reported.

The actress – who has been married twice before – is said to have secretly accepted Brad’s marriage proposal, and is now organising a ceremony which will dwarf the actor’s 2000 $1 million wedding to Jennifer Aniston.

A source told Grazia magazine: “Angelina has been reluctant to get married for a third time, for obvious reasons.

“Brad has been persistent and has now given in, but she wants the day to be really memorable. While she doesn’t want it to be unnecessarily lavish, that’s not her style, it will still be an event Hollywood will never forget.

“She also wants their children to see it as a huge celebration of her and Brad’s love for them. The daytime part of the celebration will be for the kids, with clowns and balloons and fire-eaters. But then the real party will begin in the evening.”

The source added: “The wedding could end up being twice the size of the one Brad had with Jennifer.”

Brad, 43, was still married to Jennifer when he met Angelina on the set of their action movie ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’.

Angelina was previously married to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thorton.