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Singer Katherine Jenkins has thanked fans for their messages of congratulations after getting engaged to her fellow Welsh celebrity, TV presenter Gethin Jones.

She and the Cardiff-born former Blue Peter presenter met on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Strictly Come Dancing in 2007.

The star, from Neath, wrote on Twitter: "Thank you for all your kind tweets & messages today... They mean a lot x".

Jones, 32, proposed on holiday in Mexico last month.

She told fans in a message on her website that the big day would be next year, but the couple had not yet set a date.

She wrote: "Geth and I are engaged! He popped the question at the end of an amazing holiday on the coast of Mexico and of course I said yes.

"We haven't set a date yet but it will be sometime next year.

"Thank you for the lovely messages we have already received. It means a lot to us."

Newspapers said the couple were planning to get married in Wales in summer 2012.

The couple met when Jones was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and the singer made a guest appearance on the show.

They were reported to have bought a £4.7m house in London last summer, which led to rumours the pair were considering marriage.