Louisa Lytton ENGAGED: Boyfriend of EastEnders’ Ruby proposes - but it doesn’t go to plan
LOUISA LYTTON - best known as Ruby Allen in EastEnders - has revealed she is engaged after her boyfriend Ben Bhanvra popped the question in the Maldives. However, his proposal didn’t quite go to plan.
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Louisa Lytton and her boyfriend Ben Bhanvra are engaged, after he got down on one knee in the Maldives. The EastEnders favourite was taken to the idyllic resort for her 30th birthday present by her beau, and the proposal soon followed. The Ruby Allen star, 30, said she “started crying like a baby” when he asked her to marry him, but only after a few hiccups. Ben had come up with a grand plan, complete with drone, for the special moment, only to be disturbed by a cleaner.
I was so frustrated that I just grabbed the ring and got down on one knee in front of Louisa Lytton
Speaking to the latest issue of OK! Magazine, he commented: “I took Louisa to a quiet part of the island where I knew no one else would be around.
“I told her I wanted to fly my drone to get some aerial pictures of the island, although really I wanted it to capture a video of the moment I proposed.”
However, as soon as he reached for the ring, a cleaner walked past and became “mesmerised” by the drone.
“He was just stood next to us staring at it for ages,” he remarked on the awkward encounter.
When he finally disappeared, Ben got a speaker out to play a special song only for the Wi-Fi signal not to work.
Ben continued: “By this point I was so frustrated that I just grabbed the ring and got down on one knee!”
“My life has done a complete 180,” Ruby also told the publication. “If you told me five years ago I’d have a stable job working on a show I love and engaged, I would never have believed you.
“When I saw him on one knee I started crying like a baby. I was so excited but my brain went into overdrive and I started freaking out. I had no idea he was going to propose.”
The couple took part in a special photoshoot to mark the occasion, with OK! publishing snaps of them looked very loved-up.
Wearing her brunette tresses down in a soft wave, Louisa looked stunning in a yellow slip dress with a cowl neckline.
They said they were planning to marry in the summer of 2021 in the US, where Ben is from.
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Louisa and Ben kept their Instagram fans well updated on their incredible trip, regularly sharing idyllic snapshots.
One saw the pair beaming at the camera while sat together in the over water villa, with the small screen regular wearing her damp hair down.
She wrote: “Oh we are just having a lovely time aren’t we @bennnyy__ ?”
Her incredible figure was impossible to miss in various bikini shots, with her abs taking centre-stage as she stood on her balcony in orange briefs and a printed bandeau.
Read the full interview in this week’s OK! Magazine - out now.
EastEnders continues tonight at 8pm on BBC One.