Couple Sarah Harding and Tom Crane celebrating their engagement in the Maldives lovely beach


They announced their plans to wed earlier this month, after four years together.

And now photographs of Sarah Harding and Tom Crane celebrating their engagement in the Maldives have emerged.

The couple are seen beaming with happiness as they walk along the beach at the five-star private resort of Velassaru in the Maldives, where Tom got down on one knee and asked Sarah to be his wife

Tom is thought to have brought Sarah's beautiful sapphire and diamond engagement ring weeks before their January break and secretly stowed it in his luggage before the pair flew out to the Indian Ocean island.

And Sarah was clearly delighted and immediately said 'yes' to Tom's proposal during the romantic getaway on the 21-acre island, situated in the quiet South Male Atoll.

Tom took to his Twitter page to spread the happy news, declaring: 'A late happy new year to you all...I feel like the luckiest man in the world!!!'

Shortly after the announcement, he happily responded to all the good wishes from fans of his girlfriend, saying: '@sarahaddicts thanks for all your support ladies. Happy New Year!'

Tom and Sarah stayed in the resort's Pool Villa, which boasted it's own private swimming pool, dining area, outdoor shower and decked veranda, and were also given the use of their own private butler.

The couple have been dating since June 2007 but briefly split in 2008.

However, they reunited, and have since grown closer than ever since going into business together - Tom is the resident DJ at Sarah's London nightclub Kanaloa - and setting up home last year.

Tom has previously said: 'I know the kind of ring Sarah wants.

'I want an old-fashioned English wedding. I want the top and tails, more subtle than a celebrity wedding.'

And Sarah recently revealed she is going to take inspiration from her Girls Aloud bandmate Cheryl Cole in what to wear on her special day.

When Cheryl married now ex-husband Ashley in 2006, she wore a £110,000 Roberto Cavalli dress, which featured a corseted, diamante-encrusted top and fitted fishtail skirt.

Sarah told OK! magazine: 'I loved Cheryl’s gown, it was gorgeous. I think I’d like a nice vintage dress. I’d like something fitted then I’d change into another dress afterwards.

'Sometimes you have to suffer for fashion, and I’d say Cheryl suffered on her wedding day in that tight dress.'

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