Have you read our previous post on proposing at Christmas? Did you pop the big question with a platinum engagement ring? Well, plenty of celebrities proposed over the festive period; let’s take a look at exactly who love was in the air for:
Engagements
Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl
The City star and fashion designer, Olivia Palermo, said yes to German boyfriend Huebl on New Year’s Eve when he proposed while they holidayed in St. Bart’s. The long term couple shared the news via Instagram.
Rory McIlroy and Caroline Wozniacki
The famous Irish golfer popped the question to his tennis player girlfriend in Sydney on New Years. Wozniacki is currently training for the Australian Open in Melbourne and this provided the perfect setting for the proposal.McIlroy shared the good news via Twitter and the happy couple later celebrated by watching the firework display over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. McIlroy shared the good news via Twitter and the happy couple later celebrated by watching the firework display over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Eve and Maximillion Cooper
American female rapper Eve is engaged to British designer Maximillion Cooper. After three years of dating, Cooper got down on one knee in Edinburgh, Scotland on Christmas Day.
James Blunt and Sofia Wellesley
The singer asked the granddaughter of the Duke of Wellington to marry him over the Christmas period. Let’s hope he sang You’re Beautiful to her while on one knee. Wellesley is a legal consultant from London.
Lisa Niemi and Albert DePrisco
The widow of Dirty Dancing actor Patrick Swayze has fallen for a new fella. Lisa Niemi who was married to Swayze for 34 years has been single since the actor’s death from pancreatic cancer in 2009. As of Christmas Eve she is now engaged to jeweller Albert DePrisco after a year and a half together.
TJ Thyne and Leah Park
If you are a fan of the TV show Bones then you will be pleased to know Hodgins is engaged! Actor TJ Thyne has proposed to his model girlfriend Leah Park. The 38 year old star proposed on New Year’s Eve outside a German castle before documenting the success on Instagram.
Dane Bowers and Sophia Cahill
Ex-boyband member, Dane Bowers, has asked his former Miss Wales girlfriend, Sophia Cahill, to marry him. Bowers whisked Cahill off to her favourite childhood holiday destination of Tenerife before Christmas and she said yes!