Musician Ed Sheeran is engaged!

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran took to his Instagram few hours ago to announce his engagement to childhood crush and sweetheart Cherry Seaborn after secretly proposing last year.

Ed shared a sweet Instagram post of the pair kissing with the caption:

“Got myself a fiancé just before new year. We are very happy and in love, and our cats are chuffed as well xx, as he revealed that he proposed last year but chose to keep the news private until now.”

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The 26-year old singer met Cherry, 24, when they were both students at Thomas Mills High School in Framlington, Suffolk but the pair were separated when Cherry left high school to attend Duke University in Durham North Carolina in America.

According to Daily Mail, Ed did not begin dating the consultant until 2015, when she was working on Wall Street, the financial district of New York. Ed had the chance to fall in love after the pair spent most of 2016 travelling the world together during his one year break off music in 2016. “This has been the first time I’ve ever actually had the time to fall in love properly, he told Zane Lowe on Beats 1. ‘I’ve always got into relationships very passionately – I’m a redhead and also Irish.”

Apparently Ed found his perfect woman as his latest single Perfect is dedicated to her- “I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know, she shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home.” In December 2016, Cherry transferred to the London office so that she could move in with Ed and the pair have been blissfully happy since.

Ed had a every reason to celebrate at the end of 2017, not just with his engagement, but also scooped the Christmas Number 1 with his song Perfect, featuring Beyonce.

Ed Sheeran will be performing at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding in May this year.

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