**Ed Sheeran to marry Cherry Seaborn**

Singer Ed Sheeran has shared news of his engagement and added that “our cats are chuffed as well”. The musician revealed he and girlfriend Cherry Seaborn are engaged on Instagram.

Seaborn, a keen hockey player, and Sheeran are rarely photographed together and keep their relationship very private. She attended a university in North Carolina and a biography on the university’s official website says she previously competed in the British University Ice Hockey Championships in 2012 and 2013.

              She was believed to have been with Sheeran at a Buckingham Palace party in 2016 where it was claimed Princess Beatrice, 29, accidentally cut his face with a sword during a party prank.

            Reports at the time alleged Beatrice swung a sword over her shoulder while she was pretending to knight James Blunt.

          Blunt, a good friend of Sheeran’s, later cast doubts on the story, saying said it was a joke the pair had concocted.

          Sheeran was recognised in the Queen’s 2017 birthday honours list where he received an MBE for services to music and charity.