Serena Williams and her fiancé Alexis Ohanian spotted in New Orleans as they begin plans for their glamorous wedding

New parents, Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian who became engaged in December 2016 have started planning their glamorous wedding.

According to DailyMailTV, Serena Williams is secretly making plans to wed the millionaire entrepreneur father of her baby daughter in a romantic ceremony in New Orleans before the end of this year.

On Monday morning, the Tennis champ and Reddit co-founder fiancé Alexis Ohanian took a private jet day trip from her Florida home to meet their wedding planner in the Big Easy and visited multiple prospective venues around the cultural city

They were also spotted inside Meril, an upmarket restaurant, in the city's warehouse district, owned by celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse.

The couple who were out without their six-week-old daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, were joined by a wedding planning crew and are believed to have discussed menu options and other arrangements for the nuptials

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