Los Angeles: Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are engaged to be married after seven years of romance and six children.
Their engagement news first became public when Beverly Hills jeweller Robert Procop revealed that he helped Pitt, 48, design a custom diamond ring for Jolie, 36, the Hollywood Reporter said.
The ring is estimated to have cost USD 250,000. Later, Pitt’s spokeswoman Cynthia Pett-Dante confirmed the news, saying, “Yes, it’s confirmed. It is a promise for the future and their kids are very happy. There’s no date set at this time. Brad designed the ring.”
The actress first flashed her ring at the Chinese Art collection at the LA County Museum earlier this month. Pitt and Jolie fell in love on the set of Mr&Mrs Smith in 2004 while Pitt was still married to Jennifer Aniston.
The couple, however, confirmed their romance in 2005 when they were spotted enjoying a three-day getaway in Kenya. By that time Pitt had separated from Aniston, his wife of five-years.
It will be a third wedding for Jolie, who was previously married to Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton.
Pitt and Jolie had declared that they would not marry until gay marriage was legalised in the US but later Pitt said they were reconsidering their decision because “…it seems to mean more and more to our kids.”
They raise six children together. Maddox, 10, Pax, 8, Zahara, 7 are adopted while Shiloh, 5, and twins Knox-Vivienne, 3 are biological. (PTI)
