Beyonce and Jay-Z start wedding planning - report

Beyonce Knowles is busy planning an intimate New York wedding, after she and fiancé Jay-Z agreed to wed.

The couple has reportedly been engaged since June 2006, but sources say the rapper has been reluctant to rush into marriage and was stalling for more time.

But American tabloid Globe reveals Jay-Z had a change of heart during a recent romantic trip to Paris with the singer - and she's now looking into venues.

A source says: "There was a time when Beyonce wanted an enormous fairy-tale wedding, but now she's a masterminding a smaller party in New York.

"At the moment, she considering either The Carlyle or Peninsula Hotel."