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Simon Cowell is engaged to his longtime girlfriend Lauren Silverman after 13 years of dating.
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The music mogul, who previously insisted he would never get married, reportedly proposed to Lauren on Christmas Eve in Barbados, with their seven-year-old son Eric and Lauren’s older son Adam present.
A source told The Sun: “Lauren was absolutely stunned and never in a million years expected Simon to pop the question. She burst into tears – happy tears – and obviously said ‘yes’ straight away.
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“It was important to Simon that the kids were there too, as he adores them both and the family they’ve become.”
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The source added: “Whilst Simon never thought he was the marrying type, he’s realised he’s met the woman of his dreams – and couldn’t be happier. In the words of Beyoncé, it was time to put a ring on it.”
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Simon, 62, first met New York City socialite Lauren, 44, in 2004, when she was on holiday in Barbados with her then-husband Andrew Willner.
They then went public with their relationship in 2013, with Andrew and Lauren’s divorce being finalised in November that year.
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Simon and Lauren welcomed Eric in 2014.
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Simon has never been married before, and was previously quoted as saying: “The truth is that you get married and in a year or two they clean you out! It’s just not going to work.”
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He got engaged to makeup artist Mezhgan Hussainy in 2010, but they called off their relationship in 2011.
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