Overview
- Lady Alice Manners publicly announced her engagement on Instagram on Monday, posting a carousel of photos that showed the proposal setting and a diamond engagement ring.
- Multiple outlets identify 'Patch' as Patrick Fordham and describe him as a tech entrepreneur linked to CHIP IN and the ed‑tech platform EPAT Entry, a detail reporters note has limited independent corroboration.
- Alice told HELLO! the proposal took place near the family stables at Belvoir Castle, where Patch lined the drive with flowers and asked her to marry him with family nearby.
- The couple had kept their relationship largely private until recent public interest following Alice’s 30th‑birthday celebrations earlier this year.
- Family and high‑society peers immediately offered congratulations, and coverage places the announcement in the context of Manners family traditions at the ancestral Belvoir Castle.