Strictly Come Dancing star Neil Jones and Love Island’s Chyna Mills are engaged and expecting a baby.
The couple, who went public with their romance in August 2022, announced their exciting news with a photoshoot for Hello! Magazine as they shared a loved-up snap of Neil cradling Chyna’s blossoming bump.
Sharing the sweet snap on Instagram, Neil, 40, gushed in the caption: “Excitement is an understatement,” while Chyna penned: “I feel like I’m dreaming”.
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The reality star, 24, is 13 weeks pregnant and will welcome their bundle of joy in Autumn.
The couple also revealed they’re set to tie the knot, with Neil admitting he planned on asking Chyna to marry him before he discovered she was pregnant.
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He told Hello!: “I’d already planned to ask Chyna to marry me before we knew she was pregnant. Then we found out and I was like: ‘Oh, this is brilliant, everything is coming together’.”
Recalling the moment her beau got down on one knee, Chyna told the publication: “At first, I thought he was joking because we play jokes on each other all the time,” Chyna said of the moment Neil got down on one knee.
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“Then Neil was like: ‘Chyna, so is it a “yes” or “no”?’ because a few minutes had passed and he was still on one knee. I was like: ‘Yeah!'”
Their close friends raced to congratulate the couple, with many of Chyna’s Love Island co-stars writing sweet messages.
“Stop it omg congratulations,” gushed Danica Taylor.
Dami Hope added: “Omg congratulations times x2. What a wholesome moment”.
Chyna’s fellow Casa Amor bombshell Summer Botwe shared: “I’m literally crying all over again”.
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While Neil’s Strictly co-stars couldn’t wait to send their love as Nadiya Bychkova said: “Congratulations guys” as Carlos Gu echoed: “Congratulations to you both beautiful xx”.
Neil and Chyna went public with their romance in August 2022 after they stepped out holding hands in Paris.
The relationship rumours began after they were photographed leaving the Reality TV Awards after party in July.
It was revealed the pair had moved in together in December, with The Sun reporting that Neil relocated to Leeds to be Chyna.
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