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Five's Ritchie Neville is engaged! Singer pops the question to 'nicest soul ever' during romantic trip to Italy
The singer, 45, appeared elated as he took to Instagram on Friday to announce he has asked his girlfriend, whose name is not known to the public, to marry him.
Announcing his news to his 57,000 followers, the star (pictured left middle alongside his fellow band members) confessed that the brunette beauty had the 'nicest soul ever' For two years the couple were love's young dream, but it all came crashing down when Ritchie fell victim to a honey trap - being seduced by a Russian beauty while on tour in the country - who subsequently sold her story to the press. Cringing as he remembered The Sun newspaper's headline at the time - in which Ritchie was described as taking off the beauty's skirt with his teeth - he winced: 'It's almost like a porn story!'
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