EastEnders actress Shona McGarty, who plays Whitney Dean on the popular BBC soap, has revealed that she is engaged to her boyfriend Ryan Harris. 

 

The couple, who have been dating in 2013, started off as friends according to reports, but they started dating and have been together ever since.

 

And her financé went all out when it came to the ring reveal: "Ryan threw me a surprise party for my birthday at a golf course and the choir who I sing with burst into song. When I cut the cake, there was a box on the top of the cake with a ring inside," the 26-year-old told OK! Magazine

 

"When I opened it there was a ring inside and I turned around and Ryan was down on one knee and I started crying."

 

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All that meticulous planning - he sounds like a keeper!

 

No official date for their big day has been announced, but it will reportedly take place at some stage this year and in the UK.

 

The pair is also apparently keen on an Irish-themed wedding (McGarty's parents are Irish), adding that she'd also like a "big Irish family." 

 

‘I always say I’d like to start when I’m around 30, but you never know what’s going to happen," she continued. "I come from a big Irish family so I want loads of children – we’d definitely like a large family."

 

Ryan is already a dad to Scarlett and Alfie from a previous relationship and Shona has admitted that while it took some getting used to initially, his children have really enhanced her own life. "To be honest I never thought I'd go out with someone who already had children, but it couldn't have worked out any better. It's so lovely and I couldn't imagine my life without them now."

 

 Congratulations to the happy couple!

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