NEWS
After her new sparkler convinces fans she’s engaged, insiders say Sam Faiers can’t wait to head down the aisle and is planning a big day to rival sister Billie’s
Former TOWIE star Sam Faiers sent fans into a frenzy last week when she posted a loved-up pic with long-term partner Paul Knightley, wearing a huge diamond ring on her wedding finger.
Followers went into meltdown, asking in the comments whether the couple – who were on a lavish holiday to Dubai – had got engaged. But while a proposal is still unconfirmed, insiders say that Sam is desperate to head down the aisle and throw the celeb wedding of the year.
Sam, 32, and Paul, 34, have been together since 2014 and share three children – Paul, seven, Rosie, five, and Edward, 11 months.
DROPPING HINTS
An insider says, “Sam really wants to cement her celeb status with a proper star-studded wedding. She’s been dropping hints to Paul that now is the time, and everyone’s convinced that this will finally be the year they get married. She doesn’t want to wait until they’re older – she wants to look the best she’s ever looked for her big day, and right now she’s looking and feeling great. She wants the whole thing to be a truly decadent affair, a bash that people are going to remember forever.”
Sam found fame on TOWIE in 2010 along with sister Billie Faiers, and they’ve built up a reality TV empire with their shows The Baby Diaries and The Mummy Diaries, giving fans a behind-the-scenes insight into their family lives.
Speculation around wedding bells has been increasingly on the cards for the couple and Sam has admitted, “We’ve had a lot of pressure from people who watch the show. I know we will get married – but I’m grateful that we have it all to look forward to. The more the pressure the more it pushes Paul away.”
LAVISH
Sam’s sister Billie, 34, tied the knot with Greg Shepherd in 2019, in a lavish ceremony in the Maldives, thought to have cost more than £200K, and filmed for ITV in a 90-minute special. However, their big day was tainted when it made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Other guests staying at the five-star hotel it was held at made complaints about the raucous behaviour of some of Billie’s guests – saying they’d flouted hotel rules, taken over areas of the hotel for their own use, left dirty nappies on the beach and were rowdy.
And the source says that the drama has put Sam off getting married abroad. “At one point, they were thinking of a destination wedding – but after all that went on at Billie’s, and after waiting so long, Sam’s had a change of heart. She’s decided she’d rather do it at a big country manor or ca
