Roxanne Pallett has confirmed she is engaged – after her boyfriend popped the question just one week after they met.
The former ‘Emmerdale’ star met her significant other Lee Walton after he was searching "#ElvisPresley" on social media, only for a picture to pop up of Roxanne visiting the late singing legend’s home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee – and Lee recognised her from the ITV soap.
Roxanne, 36, said: "We were engaged within a week of meeting! I know it sounds crazy, but I knew my heart."
Lee, 40, explained: "I was searching ‘#ElvisPresley’ because I’m a massive fan and I saw her post. I recognised her from when I used to go round to my parents’ place every Friday night.
"My dad is a big ‘Emmerdale’ fan so he’d always have it on, and Roxanne stood out. I’d see her in magazines and she always caught my eye."
Roxanne and Lee went to a pub for their first date and started smooching within five minutes of seeing each other face-to-face.
She said: "When I walked into the pub and saw him I thought, oh my God, you’re real. I just flung my arms around him and it was like we’d been together forever. We were kissing within five minutes."
Lee said: "I couldn’t look her in the eyes because she was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen."
Speaking about the proposal, Lee added: "She was getting ready and dancing and I said, ‘I could get used to this. Move in with me?’
"She agreed and on our first night living together I was looking at her, thinking, God I love you. And then I just said, ‘Will you marry me?’ "
Roxanne cheated death last month when she lost control of a stock car and crashed into a concrete wall at high-speed, leaving her with two sprained wrists and severe bruising, and she credits Lee for getting her through the last few weeks.
Speaking in a joint interview with OK! magazine, Roxanne added: "It feels like my whole body is a jigsaw puzzle that’s been shaken in the box. I’m on painkillers and having to take things slowly, but my relationship has kept me strong."
Read the full story in this week’s OK! magazine – out today (13.08.18).
Roxanne Pallett confirms engagement
