“Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin on Monday called off plans to marry in the summer, saying she and her fiance William ‘Willie' Wilkerson had decided they had gone too far, too soon. “Will and I have decided we were moving a little too fast, and there were a number of things that had not been thought through thoroughly. There will be no wedding at this time,” the couple said in a joint statement. “We will not comment on it any further because of the very personal and sensitive nature of it. We appreciate all of the many well wishes from friends. Aretha & Will.”
