Declan Donnelly is engaged to his talent manager

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Declan Donnelly is finally ready to settle down after popping the question in Australia.

The Daily Mirror says that the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! host, 39, asked his TV manager girlfriend of a year-and-a-half, Ali Astall, to marry him.

Ali Astall shedding a tear as her boyfriend collected a National Television Award this year

Ali Astall shedding a tear as her boyfriend collected a National Television Award this year (PA)

The couple, who already live together, are both in Australia while Dec – one half of Ant and Dec – presents the jungle show.

They're reportedly planning to marry next summer.

Lisa Armstrong and Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly and Ali Astall

Lisa Armstrong and Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly and Ali Astall

Dec was previously said to be seeing I’m a Celeb… contestant Ashley Roberts, and was also in a relationship with Sky Sports presenter Georgie Thompson.

He has said of Ali, who has been his talent manager for a decade: “I think we’ve always been attracted to each other, but it has always been that thing of 'we work together'."

Ant and Dec in the jungle for I'm A Celebrity

Ant and Dec in the jungle for I’m A Celebrity (ITV)

He added: “This is the first time we’ve given it a try. We always hung out. When she was single and I was single we’d go out for dinner on Valentine’s night together because we didn’t have partners.

“This year we went out as couple.”

 

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