Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock announces engagement to Andre Gray

Congrats to the happy couple

Little Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Andre Gray announce engagement

by Alex Ross |
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Congratulations are in order for Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock, as the singer's has announced her engagement to Watford footballer Andre Gray.

The couple, who've been together since May 2016 and celebrated their fourth anniversary yesterday, announced their lovely news on Andre's Instagram, saying 'Let the caption speak for itself this time. ❤️💍 Hasta la muerte.'

The pair, who are self-isolating together at their home in London, enjoyed a lovely 'at home' date night as they celebrated their anniversary, before Andre left Leigh-Anne in complete shock by popping the question.

Leigh-Anne's celerity friends were quick to comment on the cute announcement, Jesy Nelson wrote, 'Congrats you beauties 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️' whilst footballer John Terry wrote, 'Congratulations @andregray_ 💙❤️'.

Love Island star Josh Denzel then added, 'Mad mad mad CONGRATULATIONS bro 🔥'.

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Despite Leigh-Anne and Andre both having very busy schedules with their jobs, the pair often post adorable snaps with each other on Instagram, and back in November 2018, the couple had fans convinced that Andre had popped the question.

Check out Leigh-Anne and Andre's full relationship timeline:

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December 2016: Leigh-Anne and Andre confirmed they were an item

Leigh-Anne has been dating Watford footballer Andre since 2016. She made it Instagram official in January 2017 by posting a photo of him hugging her, with the caption, 'Gonna miss this one ud83dudc94'.

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March 2017: Andre surprised Leigh-Anne on tour

Little Mix supported Ariana Grande on her American Leg of the Dangerous Woman Tour. Whilst they were away, Andre flew out to surprise Leigh-Anne, which she was over the moon with! Taking to Instagram, she posted an image of the moment he surprised her, with the emoji, 'ud83cudf0d'.

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June 2017: The pair fly away on their first holiday abroad

The pair went away on their first holiday together in June 2017. The duo both posted photos of their adventure, mostly of them on a golden beach with the blue sky in the background. They didn't reveal the location of their holiday but Leigh-Anne did reveal she was in 'Paradise with my paradise ud83cudf34ud83dude0d❤ufe0f' in an Instagram post.

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September 2017: The pair attend London Fashion week together

Leigh-Anne is no stranger to big celebrity parties and events, so it was no surprise to see her attend London Fashion Week in 2017. Andre made his red carpet debut with Leigh-Anne during fashion week 2017.

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December 2017: The pair have their first Christmas together

In 2017, the pair spent their first Christmas together as official girlfriend and boyfriend.

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January 2018: The pair ring in New Year together

Just a few days after spending Christmas together, the pair brought in the New Year together, toasting to lots to come in 2018! Taking to Instagram to tell her followers what she got up to, Leigh-Anne posted a photo of the pair together, writing, 'The missing piece to my puzzle ud83dude0dud83dude48.. cannot wait to see what 2018 has in store for us, you are everything ❤ufe0f❤ufe0f❤ufe0f'.

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January 2018: The pair attend a London NBA game together

Leigh-Anne and Andre were pictured together looking cosy in the front row of a London NBA basketball game in January 2018. Leigh-Anne took to Instagram to post a playful picture of Andre, captioning it, 'When he refuses to smile I make him ud83dude02❤ufe0f #NBA'.

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February 2018: The pair attend The Brit Awards

The pair attended The Brit Awards together in February 2018, making another red carpet appearance together. At this awards ceremony, Little Mix were nominated for Best British Single and British Artist Video with 'Touch'.

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October 2018: Andre takes Leigh-Anne out for her birthday

Andre took Leigh-Anne out for her 27th birthday in October 2018. This was the second time she has celebrated her birthday with her footballer beau.

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December 2018: The pair celebrate their two-year anniversary

The pair celebrated their two-year anniversary in December 2018.

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November/December 2018: Leigh-Anne and Andre move in together

Around the same time as their two-year anniversary, the pair moved into a stunning mansion, taking their relationship to the next level. Celebrating their second Christmas together, Leigh-Anne teased fans with a glimpse of her home when she posted a photo of the her and Andre hugging in front of their huge, white Christmas tree and feature spiral staircase. She captioned the image, 'Sometimes I wish I could put it into words.. but I just can't.. ud83eudd37ud83cudffd‍♀ufe0f I couldn't love you anymore if I tried. First Christmas in our new home together.. Merry Christmas everyone from our family to yours ud83dude0d❤ufe0f'.

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February 2019: The pair attend The Brit Awards

The pair attended their second Brit Awards ceremony together, after their successful debut the year before. This year Little Mix won the British Artist Video Award for 'Woman Like Me'.

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March 2019: Andre appeared in Little Mix's 'Think About Us' music video

Andre featured in Little Mix's music video for their song 'Think About Us'. Leigh-Anne set pulses racing when she uploaded a steamy behind-the-scenes clip from the shoot on her Instagram, which showed Leigh-Anne hooked onto Andre's naked torso. Let's just say her followers went wild in the comments section!

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June 2019: The pair jet off on another summer holiday

In June 2019, the pair set off on their annual summer holiday, taking a break from their busy schedules and enjoying the sunshine. Leigh-Anne posted some loved up pictures on her Instagram but kept the holiday pretty private and didn't reveal where they had jetted off to.

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April 2020: The pair social distance together

Leigh-Anne and Andre were able to spend some valuable time together between March-June 2020, as the UK was put on lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

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May 2020: The couple celebrate their fourth anniversary

On Thursday 28th May, Leigh-Anne shared a super cute message to Andre on her Instagram page, as the couple celebrated their fourth anniversary. Sharing a photo of the pair on holiday, Leigh-Anne wrote, 'Happy Anniversary baby... how has 4 years gone so fast! ud83dude29❤ufe0f all I know is I'm another year more crazy about you. I couldn't love you harder if I tried ❤ufe0f❤ufe0f'. (sic)

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May 2020: They're ENGAGED!

In the early hours of the morning after their anniversary, Andre popped the question... And she said yes! Congratulations to the wonderful couple!

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July 2020: Leigh-Anne shows of her amazing engagement ring

Just weeks after THAT engagement, Leigh-Anne posted this snap to her Instagram page, showing off the stunning emerald diamond ring Andre popped the question with.

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May 2021: The couple announce their pregnancy ud83dudc95

Leigh-Anne announced her pregnancy in May 2021 in an INCREDIBLE photoshoot! She wrote on Instagram: 'We've dreamed about this moment for so long and we can't believe the dream is finally coming true... we can't wait to meet you. ❤ufe0fud83dude0d.'

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August 2021: Leigh-Anne and Andre welcome TWINS

Shocking the world, Leigh-Anne announced she'd given birth to not one, but two babies on Monday 16th August, sharing this adorable photo!

The rumours all started when a video emerged of Leigh-Anne and Andre's house warming party, with both of their families in attendance. In the video, Leigh Anne's mum can be heard saying, "Andre, I can't explain it, you're going to make Leigh-Anne the happiest... " , before Andre's mum adds, "Leigh-Anne welcome to the family." As Andre's mum then said, "And I can't wait for the wedding", cheers fill the room, with both Andre and Leigh-Anne clearly emotional.

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Of course, this wasn't the case, with the Watford footballer popping the question to his girlfriend now.

Meanwhile, 2020 was set to be another massive year for Leigh-Anne and her Little Mix band mates, until the Coronavirus pandemic forced the girls to cancel their Summer Tour and postpone their TV show, Little Mix: The Search.

Congratulations to Leigh-Anne and Andre.

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