Taylor Swift announces engagement to NFL player Travis Kelce

Ellen O'Donoghue

Singer Taylor Swift (35) has announced her engagement to her American football player boyfriend, Travis Kelce.

The pair announced that Kelce proposed in a joint Instagram post, captioned "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married".

The post showed pictures of Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Kelce proposing to Swift, and the pair embracing in a garden.

In just 22 minutes, the post garnered over 2.5 million likes.

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The couple have been dating since 2023.

Swift, who has 280 million Instagram followers, also posted a heart on her Instagram story with her song So High School from the anthology version of album The Tortured Poets Department, which is said to have been written about her fiance, playing in the background.

The popstar also shared an up-close photo of her sparkling engagement ring featuring an old mine brilliant-cut diamond in a gold bezel setting. The sparkler was designed by Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewelry, according to Page Six.