Sam Faiers hints she’s finally engaged to boyfriend of nine YEARS Paul Knightley after flashing a diamond ring while holidaying in Dubai
Sam Faiers has sparked engagement rumours after sharing a picture of herself wearing a diamond on her ring finger.
The TOWIE star, 32, has been enjoying a lavish trip to Dubai with her long-term boyfriend and the father of her three children, Paul Knightley.
And cosying up to her beau in a lift, Sam beamed from ear to ear as she showed off her new jewellery piece.
Sharing the snap to her Instagram on Thursday, Sam flashed her new diamond ring whilst taking a selfie.
While Sam was seen sporting a gorgeous summer midi, Paul threw over a light grey shirt top and black jeans, which he matched up with a classic pair of suede loafers.
Happy couple: Sam Faiers has sparked engagement rumours after sharing a picture of herself wearing a diamond on her ring finger
They both smiled as Paul cuddled Sam from behind. She captioned the photo saying, ‘That’s my best friend.’
Sam and Paul started dating in 2014 and share three children together – Paul, seven, Rosie, five, and Edward, eight months.
Last year, Sam spoke about the pressures of getting married to sister Billie on her podcast, The Sam & Billie Show.
She said: ‘We’ve had a lot of pressure from people who watch our show and people ask ‘why aren’t you married yet, when is it going to happen?
‘I know we will get married – but I’m so grateful that we have it all to look forward to and in our relationship, we’ve done the hardest bit (having kids). It is a big challenge and change for a couple.
‘I know it’s not the right or correct way round but it doesn’t matter. But we have done the hardest bit and then hopefully the marriage will be a success and last forever!’
‘But I am looking forward to having all three of my children at the wedding so I’m grateful that it has happened this way round. The more pressure put on us it pushes Paul away. And did you know that 42 per cent of marriages end in divorce!’
Fans started to comment underneath the TOWIE star’s Instagram post amid rumours of a possible engagement.
Romantic: The TOWIE star, 32, has been enjoying a lavish trip to Dubai with her long-term boyfriend and the father of her three children, Paul Knightley
One with the kids: Sam and Paul started dating in 2014 and share three children together – Paul, seven, Rosie, five, and Edward, eight months
Loving mum: Sam cuddles her son Edward as Paul poses for the selfie
‘But I am looking forward to having all three of my children at the wedding so I’m grateful that it has happened this way round. The more pressure put on us it pushes Paul away. And did you know that 42 per cent of marriages end in divorce!’
Fans started to comment underneath the TOWIE star’s Instagram post amid rumours of a possible engagement.
‘A big bit of bling on that ring finger!!’, one said.
A second added: ‘Is that an engagement ring I see?!’
‘Congratulations stunning ring’, another said.
While fans are eager to know more, one pointed out that she has worn that ring before.
Previously Sam was engaged to Joey Essex, who proposed to her on TOWIE.
Sam’s rep has been contacted for comment.
It comes after Sam revealed she is hoping to return to television screens with a new and different style of show.
The reality star has already been on TOWIE as well as Celebrity Big Brother and had her own show The Baby Diaries as well as being on Sam and Billie: The Mummy Diaries.
But now Sam is hoping to make her way into the world of documentaries, breaking away from reality-style shows.
She told a fan on Instagram stories that she wants to tackle more hard-hitting issues.
Sam said: ‘I’ve always wanted to do more documentary style though, on really important world crisis reality that are not really spoken about publicly.
‘For example human trafficking and child exploitation.’
The star is also keen to work alongside her sister Billie again and her mother Suzanne Wells.
It comes after Sam complained that she ‘just cant win’ after receiving backlash for grumbling about her ‘exhausting’ holiday in Abu Dhabi and ‘tough’ flight home in business class.
The influencer spent a week in UAE on a family holiday with sister Billie and mum Suzie on a PR stay to advertise the country through her social media posts.
And after being branded ‘tone-deaf’ after sharing her difficulties about the journey home, Sam has now moaned that she ‘can’t win’, while insisting that her job as an influencer is ’24/7 work.’
New project? It comes after Sam revealed she is hoping to return to television screens with a new and different style of show
The former TOWIE star aired her grievances on her and Billie’s podcast, The Sam & Billie Show, stating that as the flights were gifted, she had to post about it, but she instead focused on the difficulties of travelling with children – especially one who is teething.
She said: ‘It’s like, you kidding me? Like yes, I’ve flown business a few times, but not every time I fly is business. Like come on it’s like once like once in a blue moon because that was part of the job.’
She went on: ‘You just can’t win, I had to post the flight because it was part of the job that we was there to do with the Tourism Board.
‘And then I didn’t want to speak about it being business because I did think, I’m just not like that to boast about business class seats. So I thought oh, you know, I will speak about the fact that I didn’t sit down for a second.’
The reality star told how she had hoped her followers would ‘relate’ to her struggles of travelling with young children and would admire her ‘honesty’, however, she was left exasperated when she didn’t get the response she expected.
She said on the podcast: ‘I really can’t be bothered to explain myself but it was like you know some people commenting saying things like, “Oh look at you showing off in your business class flight.”
‘Which I wasn’t by the way, and I was talking about Edward’s teeth’, before adding again: ‘You just can’t win.’
Older sister Billie, 33, then stepped in to defend her, chiming in: ‘It is frustrating because it’s like, I feel like I’ve worked really hard, same as you, to get what we’ve got and to do what we do, we’ve worked hard for it.
‘We’ve not sat around twiddling our thumbs.’
While Sam was then quick to insist: ‘It’s 24/7 work.’
Billie then noted that the siblings were just ‘normal girls’ who should be allowed to ‘celebrate’ their successes, adding: ‘We juggle and it is a juggle and sometimes a struggle.’
The fury began when after sharing a selfie cradling nine-month-old son Edward in first class seats, she stressed how ‘tough’ it had been for herself and partner Paul Knightley going on holiday with their children.
She began: ‘The truth is going on holiday with small children is tough, especially with a crawling, teething baby.’
Sam continued: ‘We have had the most wonderful time in the sunshine, swimming every day, exploring, sightseeing and eating lots of ice cream but it’s exhausting, remember nobody said it was easy.’
‘As for the flight home Edward slept maybe 1 hour out of 7.5 safe to say I was doing everything I could to keep him entertained without crying.’
She went on to thank the ‘accommodating and kind’ Etihad Airways staff who had helped her when she felt ‘self-conscious’ about flying with a baby.
Yet the post immediately riled her followers who were quick to point out that the post seemed tone-deaf when many were struggling with a cost of living crisis.
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