Danniella, 48, revealed that her lover proposed during a jail visit, but that she would wait until he was released before marrying him.

Danniella Westbrook has announced that she is engaged to her long-time jail lover.

The former EastEnders actress, 48, stated that her lover proposed during a jail visit, but that she would wait until he was released before marrying him.

She also stated that she had received big ring,” but that her boyfriend did not believe it was large enough.

Danniella expressed herself as follows: “I have a large ring that was fashioned for me, and I wore it into the jail, and David remarked, “It was great, but it’s not big enough,” so a bigger one is on the way.

“He proposed to me, but I told him to wait until he returned home. He questions me all the time, and he even asked me while I was in jail. He didn’t get on his He has asked me to marry him but I told him to wait until he gets home. He asks me all the time, he even asked me at the jail. He didn’t get down on one knee or anything but he’s like ‘we are getting married you know.’

The former soap actress is reportedly hoping to tie the knot with beau David, 28, in the Maldives.

She opened up about her new man during an interview with the Daily Star, revealing that they met years ago before he went to prison.

Danniella told the publication :”I’ve known him for years. I met him in 2017 out in Spain and when we were both living out there and we got together out there and it was a tumultuous relationship it was on off all the time.

“But we just stayed in touch and he went to jail early 2019 and he got 9 years 9 months. He’s home next year though, he’s got 11 months to go.”

She revealed that her boyfriend had been arrested when they had split up, but they rekindled their romance while he was behind bars as she wrote letters to him.