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19th December 2018
10:28am GMT

The 30-year-old Brighton native met his now fiancé Lily a year ago on the show. The pair hit it off straight away and viewers were moved to tears last night as Daniel geared up to pop the question.
We had the privilege of watching the whole process, as Daniel went to choose a ring that had enough "sparkle" with his 69-year-old father on hand to help. As Daniel has autism, he has often said that he finds it easier to communicate through song, rather than speech so he wanted to incorporate singing into the special moment.
He meticulously rehearsed the classic hit, All I Want For Christmas Is You ahead of the proposal which was scheduled to take place at the Brighton Bystand, Lily’s favourite place to spend time in their hometown.
He absolutely nailed the song and afterwards in front of family members said:
"Lily my lovely one... I love you and I always have and I always will. And Lily, my darling one, will you marry me?"
Lily said yes without hesitation and in a heartwarming moment Daniel's dad said, "I'm absolutely intoxicated with happiness." Lily's mum, Karen added:
"She's got everything she's always wanted, that we never thought she could have."
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