A week before the Love Island final, you couldn't ask for a better advert for the show than one of it's most famous couple's announcing their engagement. That's right, Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury of series five fame are officially engaged.
Sharing the news on Instagram, the couple posted a video of the moment Tommy popped the question. And there's every chance Molly-Mae and Tommy's nuptials will become the royal wedding of the reality TV world, as more than three million people have already liked the post in less than 48 hours.
Molly-Mae and Tommy's engagement video
The black and white video sees Tommy on a beautiful cliff edge wearing a black suit while holding the couples six-month-old daughter Bambi as Molly-Mae approaches. Tommy then passes Bambi over to her mum and gets down on one knee and Molly-Mae can be seen crying with happiness. Even little Bambi is dressed in an adorable white frock.
The engagement is set to 'The Vow' by RuthAnne, which she apparently performed live for the occasion, commenting on the post: 'Thank you so much for having me there to sing #thevow for you live !!!'
Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury – arguably Love Island's most famous success story – have spoken about marriage several times in the past, despite both being just 24 years old.
Molly-Mae claims that she was "completely and utterly fooled but some sneaky intuition, or good planning from her team, meant that she as wearing a white jumpsuit, from Australian brand Alex Perry. But whether she knew the engagement was coming or not, it doesn't take away from the sheer joy fans can see on both their faces. It's a love story for the ages. And we wouldn't be surprised if Love Island producers wanted in on the action.
How did Tommy plan Molly-Mae's engagement?
In a series of Instagram Stories, Molly-Mae has shared some of the details of what happened on the run-up to the proposal, including how Tommy pulled it off.
'Just before we were leaving for a 'brand event' we'd both been invited to… fake invites, fake emails, notes in the hotel room from the brand, everyone playing along so unbelievably well… I've never known a surprise to be pulled off like this."
According to her stories, when they pulled up to the 'event', Tommy jumped out of the car and ran off and Molly-Mae was handed a letter, which is when she realised they might not be headed to an event together.
She spent the evening getting ready with her daughter, Bambi, who she said goodbye to before heading out, only to find Tommy and Bambi both waiting for her at the bottom of a hill where Tommy was ready to propose.
'He couldn't have made the moment any more perfect. Flying my glam team over, my videographers, my favourite singer… I just can't get over it,' Molly-Mae said.
Where is Molly-Mae's engagement ring from?
We caught a quick glimpse of the ring in the video, and it's sizeable. As expected, Tommy didn't pull any punches with the engagement ring. It looks to be a huge oval diamond, but we can't quite make out the colour yet as the video is in black and white. Rumour has it the ring is worth a whopping £220,000 and Tommy picked the diamond out at a jewellers in Dubai.
Knowing Molly-Mae – who has 1.8 million subscribers on YouTube and regularly posts about her family life with Tommy and Bambi – we can expect a more comprehensive retelling of the engagement story over on the platform. And hopefully she will also offer fans a closer glimpse of her impressive ring too.
What are Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae's wedding plans?
In the past, the couple have been very open about their plans to spend their lives together - if the shared mansion and baby weren't enough of a giveaway already. Speaking on Loose Women earlier this year, Tommy said: 'My actual plan was to [propose] a lot sooner but obviously being a boxer, when you’re in a training camp, you’ve got to completely shut yourself off and focus on the fight.
'So I can’t be going here, there and everywhere proposing. I'm going to do it soon guys, I really am but it just takes a bit of time! I'm 100% ready for marriage but as I said, it's just finding the time!'
Previous reports have said that Molly dreams about having an 'incredible wedding in a castle in the UK' where they'd enjoy food prepared by 'a Michelin-star chef' and 'famous musicians' would perform alongside 'a spectacular fireworks display'. They said, 'she wants the full Cinderella experience.' And if their house, baby shower and family holidays are anything to go by, that's exactly what we can expect.
Although the influencer has shared on Instagram that they are in an 'engagement bubble', so there's every chance they might want to enjoy the engagement for a little while before wedding planning begins.
Who will be invited to Molly-Mae and Tommy's wedding?
There's no doubt that Love Island co-stars such as Maura Higgins will make the guest list, as well as Tommy's boxing family including brother Tyson Fury and his wife Paris. Molly-Mae's vlogger sister Zoe Hague and her boyfriend Danny are also likely to play a huge role in the celebrations. And there's no doubt baby Bambi will take centre stage.
As for the other celebrity guests, it depends how big the ceremony is, but if the comments under their engagement video are anything to go by there will be thousands of people hoping to bag an invite. Love Island host Maya Jama wrote, 'WE LOVE TO SEE IT. Congratulations you cuteys' and Gemma Collins wrote, 'So happy for you <3 Congratulations.' While Maura Higgins added, 'BALLING AGAIN!!!!!!!!! ILYSM CONGRATULATIONS YOU TWO.'
Other islanders such as Amber Gill, Tasha Ghouri, Ekin-Su and Gemma Owen all commented with their congratulations too. So it's safe to say people are very excited by this news! We think it's only right that their wedding is televised at primetime on ITV1 for the nation to see. Producers, take note, the wedding of the century is on the horizon.