ENGAGED… AND THEY KEPT IT SECRET! Will Young and Jessie Wynter are OFFICIALLY ENGAGED — and fans are only just finding out now

Love Island’s Will Young and Jessie Wynter are engaged!

After months of speculation, the couple have confirmed they are set to tie the knot, sharing romantic proposal snaps on social media on Sunday.

The pair, who met on the iconic reality series in 2023, secretly got engaged on December 9, 2025.

Posting on Instagram, Will wrote: ‘The love of my life said yes. 09.12.25,’ next to a series of sweet photos.

The snaps show Will on one knee as he pops the all-important question, while other images capture the celebrations.

One photo features a close-up of Jessie’s huge sparkler, and another is an adorable selfie of the newly engaged pair.

Love Island’s Will Young and Jessie Wynter are engaged! After months of speculation, the couple have confirmed they are set to tie the knot, sharing romantic proposal snaps on social media on Sunday

The pair, who met on the iconic reality series in 2023, secretly got engaged on December 9, 2025

In the caption, Will continued: ‘On the 9th of December I asked Jessie to marry me.

‘Since then, we’ve been celebrating with each other and Jessie’s family, just us, with no outside noise, exactly how we wanted it.

‘We wanted to soak up this moment together and be fully present before sharing it with the world.

‘We still feel like we’re living in a dream. I can’t believe we’re engaged. My heart has never felt so full of love.’

He continued to explain how he had been planning this moment ‘and keeping the biggest secret from Jessie’.

He admitted ‘it wasn’t easy’ but affirmed that ‘every second was worth it’.

Will continued: ‘Jessie deserves the world and I can’t wait to spend my life giving it to her.

‘Since we met on Love Island three years ago I’ve been the happiest boy in the world.

Posting on Instagram, Will wrote: ‘The love of my life said yes. 09.12.25,’ next to a series of sweet photos

Will and Jessie pictured on Love Island 2023

‘From the very beginning I knew I wanted Jessie to be my fiancée, I just knew it had to be perfect.

‘I searched everywhere for the right place. I know how much she loves the ocean and the mountains and there’s nowhere she loves more than home.

‘Every time we come to Tasmania Jessie takes me to her favourite views and just sits and admires how beautiful Tasmania is, so when I found this spot, I knew it was the one.

‘We are so incredibly happy,’ he added.

Concluding the caption, Will wrote: ‘I love you with all my heart, Jessie and I promise to love you for the rest of my life.

‘Here’s to making you the happiest girl in the world, forever. And thank you for making me the happiest man alive.’

Jessie commented on the post, writing: ‘The most perfect day. I love you so much.’

It comes after Jessie and Will revealed they are ready to start a family together as they opened up about taking their relationship to the next level.

Jessie and Will have been living at his family’s 700-acre farm near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire since leaving Love Island and have revealed they are ‘currently building a home’ on Will’s family farm.

It comes after Jessie and Will revealed they are ready to start a family together as they opened up about taking their relationship to the next level

Jessie revealed that she has ‘ticked off’ her travel plans and is now open to having children with boyfriend Will.

Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail, Jessie said: ‘I told Will, I’m not having a baby until I’ve travelled, I’ve got a house and I feel complete.

‘So, do you know what he did the next week? Let’s go travel Italy for a month and that’s what we did. So, you know, all of them things are now ticked off, we’ve done everything now.’

Will added: ‘We can have a baby and get married and we’re currently building a home on the farm at the moment.

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‘We’ve already got two donkeys, five alpacas, three goats, two pigs and 10 baby lambs. We’re starting our family.’

Despite not being engaged at the time, the happy couple also revealed their future wedding plans as they hope to tie the knot in Jessie’s native country Australia followed by a second wedding in the UK.

Jessie detailed: ”We’re obviously not engaged but we want to get married in Australia, it’s happening in Tasmania with my close family.

Will said: ‘We’re having an intimate wedding in Tasmania and then we’re having an influencer party. So Tasmania is like closest friends that we’ve had since we’ve been together and the second one will be a UK party wedding.’

‘Weddings can be stressful and I was like, we wanna have a really small intimate wedding in Tasmania where we don’t have to worry about getting the photos we can just enjoy it’, Jessie explained.

Will added: ‘I just want to make Jessie the happiest guy.’