James Middleton, the younger brother of Duchess Kate and Pippa Middleton Matthews, announced his engagement to French financial analyst Alizee Thevenet over the weekend. The 32-year-old proposed with a blue sapphire ring that looks quite similar to the Duchess of Cambridge’s! 

The couple’s love story, however, is even more romantic than the proposal shots captured in northwest England’s picturesque Lake District. 

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❤️She said OUI ❤️ . Our secret is out but we couldn’t be happier to share the news ?? #jalizee ????

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According to reports, the couple met in the summer of 2018 at South Kensington Club, when Thevenet stopped to say hello to Middleton’s cocker spaniel, Ella. Middleton then reached out to Thevenet, now 30, with a note passed along by a waiter. Thevenet allegedly didn’t know about Middleton’s familial ties until after their first date. “One of her friends had to tell her,” said a source.

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