Alizee Thevenet and James Middleton.Photo: Tim Rooke/REX/Shutterstock
James Middletonis reportedly engaged to girlfriendAlizee Thevenet.
Kate Middleton‘s younger brother, 32, privately proposed to Thevenet, a French financial analyst based in London, according to theDaily Mail, which added that he is set to formally announce the good news next week.
“They’ve been keeping the engagement secret, but news has started to leak out among their friends,” one of their friends told the outlet, adding that Thevenet “has been wearing a beautiful sapphire sparkler” on her finger.
Although the couple has kept their romance mostly under wraps, James brought Thevenet along to afamily vacationin St. Barts with James’ sisterPippa, 36, and her husbandJames Matthewsin January.
The couple was previously seen together in December 2018, when they went to the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund’s Christmas Carol Service at St. Luke’s Church.
Over the summer, James also shared acandid photoof his golden retriever Mabel excitedly jumping into the pool as Thevenet sported a red bikini.
“I had the chance to grew up in six different countries: Germany, Indonesia, Chile, France, Belgium and England,” Thevenet said on her LinkedIn profile, in which she describes herself as having a “multinational background.”
Back in 2018, James’ motherCarole Middleton, opened up about her hopes for her son’s love life with U.K. newspaperThe Telegraph, saying she hoped to have a “lovely daughter-in-law” someday.
“I’m definitely hands-on. I don’t find it complicated,” Carole said of her approach to motherhood. “My biggest fear [as her children grew up] was that I’d lose my family, but we’ve stayed close. There are times when they say, ‘Can you do this, or that?’ And I can’t quite. But they like the fact that I work. I have two lovely sons-in-law, and I hope I’ll have a lovely daughter-in-law.”
James previously dated actressDonna Air, who is seven years his senior and has a daughter named Freya.
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Of course, James’ nuptials won’t be the only wedding on the royal calendar!
News of James’ reported proposal comes just over a week afterPrincess Beatriceannounced her engagementtoEdoardo Mapelli Mozzi.
Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
“We are both so excited to be embarking on this life adventure together and can’t wait to be married,” the couple said in a statement.
source: people.com
