It’s a love story and Taylor Swift just said yes.
Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce, both 35, announced their engagement with a glossy Instagram photoshoot on Tuesday.
“Your English and gym teachers are tying the knot,” Swift wrote beneath a set of images showing Kelce proposing on one knee amid a floral backdrop, and unveiling the singer’s enormous diamond ring, crafted by Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewellery, valued at approximately $1 million.
“Travis planned every detail on his own,” a source exclusively informed the Daily Mail, highlighting that the Kansas City Chiefs athlete had been formulating this proposal for quite some time.
‘He wanted it to be completely traditional,’ the insider said. ‘That he would choose the ring and ask for her to marry him.’
‘Based on what he’s told me, she would want the whole thing to be traditional, too. She wants him to take the lead,’ the insider added.
It’s a love tale, and Taylor Swift has just accepted. Swift and her partner Travis Kelce, both aged 35, announced their engagement via an elegant Instagram photoshoot on Tuesday.
“Travis planned every detail on his own,” a source exclusively informed the Daily Mail, emphasizing that the Kansas City Chiefs athlete had been planning this moment for a while.
It is understood that the couple’s friends are not surprised by the happy news.
“Travis always said she’s the one he’ll marry,” the source shared. “He’s been expressing this sentiment ever since the beginning.”
In fact, for a while, friends have jokingly been calling Kelce ‘Mr. Taylor Swift’, which the football player thoroughly approves of.
So much so that he’s said to quip back in response: ‘I’ll be her other half. I’ll be the little lady.’
When the time came, and as is tradition, Kelce first sought the permission of Swift’s parents, 73-year-old Scott and 67-year-old Andrea Swift.
“It was crucial for him that this held significance for everyone involved,” the insider stated. “This is his dream come true, and he understands marrying Taylor has always been her dream.”
A source close to Kelce’s mother Donna, 72, reveals that both families gave their blessing for the engagement.
‘Donna is delighted, and says that everyone in her family adores Taylor and they love her family as well,’ the source said.
‘This was a family affair. Both families love and respect the other, and both knew ahead of time what was up. It doesn’t seem like Taylor knew when it was going to happen, but everyone else did.
‘Donna says that after it happened, everyone started to text and call each other. Everyone in Travis’s family is overjoyed.’
After seeking the blessing of their families, Kelce turned to friends for advice on how to plan the proposal.
‘He’s a romantic,’ our first insider said, revealing that whenever any of his friends got engaged or married he’d always make sure to ask for every detail, which led to lots of ribbing. ‘We’d be like, “Is that for your Pinterest?”.’
A source told Page Six on Tuesday that the tight end actually proposed to Swift ‘a couple of weeks ago’. The exact date is not yet known.
As for the wedding itself, Kelce plans on being just as involved and already has plenty of ‘thoughts’ about his dream wedding day.
When the time came, and as is tradition, Kelce first sought the permission of Swift’s parents, 73-year-old Scott and 67-year-old Andrea Swift (pictured with their daughter in 2013)
‘He wanted it to be completely traditional,’ the insider said. ‘That he would choose the ring and ask for her to marry him’
The singer’s massive diamond ring was designed by Kindred Lubeck of Artifex Fine Jewellery and is estimated to cost up to $1 million
While Swift is certainly famous for meticulous planning when it comes to grand rollouts of her new music, it seems her husband-to-be will be in the driving seat for their upcoming nuptials.
‘If there’s any guy who has a scrapbook about his dream wedding, it’s TK,’ our source said. ‘It’s going to be the wedding of the century.’
A third source revealed that, while friends weren’t shocked at the engagement news, some were ‘surprised when it happened’ because many of those close to them believed it would happen ‘some time after the [upcoming NFL] season’.
‘Travis couldn’t wait any more,’ our insider explained, adding that he ‘couldn’t contain himself’ after Swift ended her mammoth 21-month Eras Tour in December.
