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‘Gogglebox’ star Sandra Martin has got engaged.

The larger-than-life lady – who gives her TV opinions on the Channel 4 show with her best friend Sandy Channer – is set to tie the knot after proposing to her boyfriend Derek on New Year’s Eve (31.12.14).

Sandra is known for her love of "ringandtings" but has vowed to move all her jewellery to her right hand now she’s a betrothed woman, only wearing her engagement ring and eventually her wedding band on her left hand.

She announced her happy news on her Twitter account, posting: "Congratulations is in order, sandragogglebox is officially ingaged to derekgogglebox he did not say yes but kept on smiling wen I gave he a ringandting and said would you marry me,, the smile said it all,, dats good enough 4 me … so now am cal MRS @sandragogglebox DAT SOUNDS BETTER, FEELING PROPER LADY NOW,,AND NOW I CAN JUST WEAR 1RING ON ME LEFT HAND AND 5 ON OTHER (sic)"

And Sandra wants to make the wedding an affair for the entire ‘Gogglebox’ family and is planning on asking Vicar Kate Bottley – who also appears on the programme – to marry her and Derek.

In other tweets, she added: "When I get married to Derek, I’m going to make Gogglebox vicar do our service. Why not keep it in the family? It’s a big fat one, trust me, I am walking down Gogglebox church."

And Sandra has promised to let her fans be a part of her nuptials when they happen.

She tweeted: "U GUYS MAKE MY DAY, OF COURSE YOU ALL GONNA PLAY APART IN MY WEDDING, ITS A BIG FAT ONE, TRUST ME ,, AM WALKING DOWN GOGGLEBOX CHURCH (sic)"

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