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Maria Sharapova is engaged to Alexander Gilkes

December 22, 2020 No Comments

Retired tennis star Maria Sharapova has some exciting news. The former athlete recently announced her engagement to British businessman Alexander Gilkes, after two years of dating.

Taking to social media, Sharapova gushed about falling in love with Gilkes at first sight.

“I said yes from the first day we met❤️This was our little secret, wasn’t it ??@gilkesa,” Sharapova wrote on Instagram.

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In his own post, Gilkes expressed how happy he is to be engaged to Sharapova.

“Thank you for making me a very very happy boy and saying yes. I look forward to a lifetime of loving you, and learning from you @mariasharapova,” he wrote on Instagram.

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Gilkes (41), is a close friend of Prince William. The pair met while studying together at Eton College and have remained friends ever since.

Sharapova and Gilkes have had a relatively low-key relationship. They went public in October 2018 when they took a trip to the Cotswolds, but had been spotted together as early as March that year,

This is the second engagement for both. Sharapova was previously engaged to former Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Sasha Vujacic before splitting in 2012. Gilkes was once married to designer Misha Nonoo, who is known for being the friendly matchmaker who set up Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. The pair divorced in 2016 after 13 years together.

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Ariana Grande is engaged to Dalton Gomez

December 21, 2020 No Comments

Pop sensation Ariana Grande is ending the year off on a high note. The singer recently announced she is engaged to luxury real estate agent Dalton Gomez.

Taking to Instagram on Sunday December 20, Grande (27) shared a series of pictures of the pair cuddling up and in two of the images, her massive new sparkler can be seen.

“forever n then some.”, she captured the sweet slideshow.

According to PEOPLE, the pair have been dating since January 2020. They have been quarantining together in Grande’s Los Angeles home since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and made their public debut as a couple in May in the music video for ‘Stuck with U’, Grande’s duet with Justin Bieber.

Grande was famously previously engaged to SNL star Pete Davidson, but they ended their engagement in October 2018 following the death of Grande’s ex, rapper Mac Miller.

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Lana Del Rey is reportedly engaged to Clayton Johnson

December 17, 2020 No Comments

It appears Lana Del Rey is ending the year off on a high note. The musician set engagement rumours aflame during her recent performance on Jimmy Fallon’s show.

While performing “Love You Like A Woman” on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Del Rey shocked fans by wearing a massive rock on her ring finger.

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While reps for Del Rey have not commented, a source confirmed to PEOPLE magazine that the Grammy nominee is engaged to fellow musician Clayton Johnson. The pair reportedly met on a dating app.

The two officially followed each other on Instagram in August, and have since then appeared on social media together. They celebrated Halloween together and wore matching Wizard of Oz costumes, and Del Rey could be seen wearing a ring on her ring finger in pictures from the event.

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Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett is engaged to Jaymes Vaughan

December 1, 2020 No Comments

Actor Jonathan Bennett, best known for his role as Aaron Samuels in the cult-classic film Mean Girls, is engaged! The actor said yes to boyfriend Jaymes Vaughan, who proposed in a truly memorable way.

According to PEOPLE Magazine, Vaughan went down on one knee and proposed with an original song he wrote for Bennett.

“He wrote me a song! We would always hear songs and think, “Oh that would be our song if just this part or that part were different,” so as a result we didn’t have a song that was “ours”, Bennett told PEOPLE.

Jaymes added: “So while he was in Canada filming The Christmas House for Hallmark, I took a melody that up until now had only be accompanied by chopsticks on my voice notes, and got together with my friend Tanzer, who happens to be a really talented producer and my favorite person to write songs with, and said “Let’s make this magical for Jonathan.” ”

Under the guise of taking family Christmas card photos, Vaughan gathered their closest family together to share in the special moment. He held a sign that read: “We never did find our song, so I wrote it for you,” which caused Bennett to burst into tears when he realised what was happening.

As their song played in the background, Vaughan got down on one knee to propose.

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Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Royal rings: Megan Markle’s marvelous design

November 27, 2020 No Comments

Actress Megan Markle shocked the world when she announced her engagement to Prince Harry. The style icon opted for an unusal ring design that stands in stark contrast to sister-in-law Kate Middleton’s sapphire sparkler.

The couple announced their engagement at the Sunken Gardens of Kensington Palace on November 27, 2017, about a year after they went public with their relationship.

Wearing a white overcoat and nude heels, the actress went understated with her outfit to allow the focus to be on her engagement ring. The design did not disappoint.

Decorating her ring finger was a three-stone stunner, set on a gold band featuring a cushion-cut centre diamond from Botswana, a country close to Prince Harry’s heart. Surrounding the centre stone are two round diamonds that once belonged to his mother, the late Princess Diana. The ring was made by royal jeweler Cleave and Company.

Come wedding day, the Duchess of Sessex was presented with her wedding ring, an elegant yellow gold band. The ring was a gift from Queen Elizabeth and, following tradition, was made from rare Welsh gold.

Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, Princess Anne, and Princess Diana’s wedding rings were all fashioned from the same nugget of Welsh gold which came from a Welsh mine, Clogau St David’s at Bontddu. This gold is more valuable than gold from Australia or South Africa.

While there is only a sliver of the original gold left over, the Queen owns a large nugget of 21 carat Welsh gold which is held by the Crown Jewellers to be used for the royal wedding rings of today. Sarah, Duchess of York, Duchess Kate, and Duchess Meghan Markle all sport wedding bands made from this nugget.

Markle’s marvelous ring underwent a redesign during her pregnancy. Celebrity jeweler Lorraine Schwartz resized and reset the ring to replace the gold band with a thin, yellow gold band set with micro-pavè diamonds.

After son Archie was born, Prince Harry gifted Megan with an eternity ring designed by Lorraine Schwartz. It features a channel setting with gold trim flanking each side of the ring. In another sweet addition, the birthstones of the young family (peridot, emerald, and sapphire) are inlaid on the underside of the ring.

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Gabourey Sidibe and Brandon Frankel are engaged

November 26, 2020 No Comments

Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe has announced that she isengaged to her branding and marketing expert boyfriend Brandon Frankel.

Sidibe, famous for her role in the acclaimed film Precious, took to Instagram to show her followers her beautiful ring.

She captioned her post: “It’s weird that people think we’re already married but I guess our hearts and intentions for each other are just that clear to see, My BFF proposed and now I get to hold him forever. The funniest man I’ve ever met. The sweetest human to exist. @brandontour made up a song for when i put my bonnet on at night. The second I look a bit stressed and overwhelmed, he jumps into action to take over what he can for me. Every moment with him is a joy.”

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Brandon posted his own pictures showing their engagement, he also showed a glimpse of how he proposed.

He put a ‘Will you marry my daddy’ around their cat Ronald’s neck.

“I asked my best friend to marry me, and she said “YES”! So excited to spend the rest of my life with the most amazing, hilarious, beautiful, and inspiring woman I’ve ever known. I couldn’t imagine a life without you. We make the best team, and we make everything fun and memorable. I liked it, so I put a ? on it. Love you to the moon and back,” he wrote.

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The beautiful ring has a round centre diamond on a delicate white gold, pavé band. According to Brilliant Earth’s SVP of Merchandising and Retail Expansion, Kathryn Money, it appears to be a 1.5-to-2-carat diamond. It is estimated to cost between approximately $15,000 to $40,000. ( R 227 606,25 – R 607 306,00).

The two started dating around May of 2019, and have been inseparable ever since. They have been quarantining together since the pandemic forced a shutdown this year.

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Amber Riley and Desean Black announce their engagement

November 25, 2020 No Comments

Glee star Amber Riley and her boyfriend Desean Black are newly engaged! The pair took to Instagram to announce the big news, which is extra special as the couple met through the social networking app.

In a video posted to her page, Amber showed off sparkling engagement ring. She captioned it, “There was a time when I thought I didn’t want or deserve this kind of love.I’m looking at a man who changed my mind. My time by myself, loving on myself, getting comfortable with myself, prepared me for you, and prepared me for this.”

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Desean also went on Instagram and wrote a beautiful caption with a picture of the duo.

“Fellas, when a woman looks at you like this, it’s a clear indication that you’re doing the right thing, Now, when she delivers unconditional love that you’ve never experienced, it’s another clear indication that you’ve found the one.”

“”Only a fool would let someone as special as this slip away. So I did what any wise man would do and put a ring on it. I love you to pieces @msamberpriley, or should I say the future Mrs. Black,” he continued.

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The pair met through Instagram DMs and the Glee star was the one that approached Desean. She inboxed him asking how he was.

While the couple have never been public about their personal life and romance, Amber went public with their relationship on October 12 by posting the ‘how it started vs how it’s going’ challenge.

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Actor Jordan Fisher marries Ellie Woods

November 24, 2020 No Comments

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before actor Jordan Fisher and fiancé Ellie Woods have been engaged for almost two years. The couple planned on getting married this year in July but the pandemic put a hold on their plans, forcing them to postpone by more than three months.

To honour their initial wedding date, the pair enjoyed a five-course meal in their backyard on July 24 and looked forward to the rescheduled ceremony in November.

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They got married on Saturday, November 21 in front of a few friends and family. To confirm the wedding, Ellie changed her Instagram handle to @EllieFischer over the weekend.

They went on honeymoon together in Florida and Jordan posted a picture of them together and captioned it:

‘Throwwwwwwback to the first getaway with my love. Couple years later, I would propose here,’ he captioned the photo of the pair near her parent’s beach house in Sandestin. ‘And a year and half later, we’ll be spending our first turkey day here as HUSBAND AND WIFE’

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Catherine Zeta-Jones shares 20th wedding anniversary video

November 19, 2020 No Comments

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, November 18.

To celebrate the two decades of marital bliss, Catherine posted a beautiful video of their lives together captioned:”20 years ago today Michael and I were married!! What an amazing magical night that was! And 7304.85 days and nights on, I love you now as I did then. ( except for the point 85 bit) ? Thank you for the love and laughter.”

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Michael also posted on Instagram a tribute to Catherine as he shared a heartwarming audio clip of how they first met. ‘Happy 20th Anniversary my darling! I love you always and forever @catherinezetajones ❤️ (Volume ⬆️) #20years.’

On the voice clip, Michael said: “I’m watching this movie and then I say: ‘Wow, who is this girl, she’s incredible!'” A month later, he was at the Deauville Film Festival in France in August 1998, when he realised the cast of The Mask Of Zorro would be attending.

He asked his assistant to find out if Catherine would be attending, if she was alone and if she would like to have a drink with him.

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The pair met up and Douglas told her that he wanted to father her children. They started seeing each other in March 1999 and got married on November 18, 2000. Although 25 years apart, they were both born on September 25.

After being engaged for nearly a year, they tied the knot at the Plaza Hotel in New York on November 18, 2000.

Since then, Michael and Catherine have two children together – son Dylan 20, and daughter Carys, 17.

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Royal rings: Kate Middleton’s sapphire sparkler

November 11, 2020 No Comments

Kate Middleton became the world’s envy on November 16, 2010 when Clarence House announced that she and Prince William were engaged to be wed. Besides the obvious excitement of a royal wedding, fans could not get over her unique sapphire engagement ring that carries a sweet story.

The world’s most famous blue sapphire ring once belonged to Prince William’s mother, Princess Diana. Here are some facts about this deeply personal ring.

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Prince Charles first proposed to Princess Diana with a selection of rings from crown jeweller Garrard, and she chose the blue sapphire. At the time, it caused a scandal and many called her decision to go with a ready-made ring ‘common’.

Upon Charles and Diana’s divorce, she returned the ring to her ex-husband and it remained in storage in Kensington Palace. After her untimely passing in 1997, however, sons William and Harry were allowed to choose mementoes to remember her by. Harry chose the engagement ring while William picked a gold Cartier watch.

When William was really to propose, the brothers agreed to exchange mementoes so that he could do so with their mother’s ring. He chose this ring to be symbolic of his mother being a part of her wedding and marriage in general.

The ring consists of a 12-carat oval blue sapphire cut into facets, which is surrounded by fourteen solitaire diamonds. The setting is crafted from 18K white gold.

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Immediately after their engagement announcement, sapphire engagement rings sales went through the roof and jewellers rushed to supply customers with this trendy item.

Her wedding band was fashioned from a piece of Welsh gold that was given to Prince William by The Queen shortly after the engagement was announced.

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