Model Jodie Kidd engaged to ex-Royal Marine

Jodie Kidd has announced she is engaged to be marry for the third time.

The 43-year-old model and reality TV star - known for her appearance on The Jump and Top Gear - has been dating former Royal Marine soldier Joseph Bates, 35, since 2017.

Kidd shared on Instagram the news that Bates had proposed to her in Paris with a picture of them kissing in front of landmark the Arc de Triomphe, with a huge engagement ring on her finger, captioned: "I said 'YES'."

Bates also shared a photograph from the romantic French city saying: "I asked her, she said yes. I love you @jodiekiddoffical."

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The happy couple were flooded with messages of congratulations from Kidd's celebrity pals.

Marcella star Anna Friel commented: "Ooohhhhhh how gorgeous for you. Congratulations. He is a lucky man."

TV presenter Ben Fogle said: "Wowzer. Congrats."

And model Cara Delevingne wrote: "Best news ever!!!!!"

Kidd - who took part in Celebrity MasterChef in 2014 - married her first husband - internet entrepreneur Aidan Butler - in 2005 and the couple split after 18 months.

She has a ten-year-old son Indio with Argentinian polo player Andrea Vianini. Their relationship ended in 2013.

Kidd married David Blakeley, in 2015, after a whirlwind romance, only to separate after four months of marriage.

Racing driver Kidd is the daughter of former showjumper Johnny Kidd and the great-granddaughter of Canadian press baron Max Aitken, the 1st Lord Beaverbrook.

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Kidd - who appeared on Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House on Discovery+ earlier this year - is now a pub landlord after buying The Half Moon pub in West Sussex when it was due to close.

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