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Gemma Jones

Olly Murs announces engagement to bodybuilder girlfriend Amelia Tank

Olly Murs has announced that he is engaged to his long-term girlfriend Amelia Tank.

Sharing an image to Instagram of the couple embracing in a hug, Olly shared that he asked his beau to marry him on June 4. In the picture, a dazzling rock of a ring can be seen on Amelia's finger.

The former X Factor star, 38, got down on one knee and popped the question to his bodybuilder girlfriend, 30, while the pair were enjoying a romantic getaway. Amelia shared a video of her jumping into her new fiance's arms and planting a kiss on his lips. She later reshared Olly's image of the proposal as she captioned it: "Here's to forever with you."

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Famous friends were quick to congratulate the happy couple. Liverpool comedian John Bishop simply commented with a number of red love hearts.

Vicky Pattison said: "Omg guys!!!!! Yessss!!!!! Congratulations man." Marvin Humes said: "Amazing news mate! Congrats to you both x"

Jason Manford said: "Ahh love this! Congrats you pair of legends xx" Meanwhile, Kirsty Gallacher said: " Congratulations to you both, such lovely news!"

Olly recently shared how he knew Amelia was "the one" for him after a "make or break" trip to Morocco. The singer said the pair knew "straight away" that they were going to "spend the rest of their life together".

Speaking to New magazine, Olly said: "When we went to Morocco on our first holiday together, we both definitely knew." He added: "After two or three days, me and Amelia looked at each other and said, ‘Yeah, this is kind of it now, isn’t it?’

"We both told each other that we loved each other. When we came back from that trip, Amelia said, 'I knew straight away that you were who I was going to spend the rest of my life with', and I said the same."

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