Overview

• The couple shared an Instagram video dated 10 August showing West dropping to one knee during a staged photoshoot at sunset in Mykonos.
• West said on Lorraine that he had planned the moment in advance, spoke with Rainford’s parents, and grew emotional recounting the proposal.
• Celebrity friends and colleagues, including Strictly professionals and EastEnders cast members, offered public congratulations on social media.
• Rainford, an EastEnders actress, and West, a Kiss FM presenter, met on Strictly in 2022, began dating in 2023, and moved in together in January 2024.
• Some outlets have reported the pair may appear together on Celebrity Race Across The World, a claim that has not been independently confirmed.