Simon Cowell is now engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Lauren Silverman after being together for about 13 years.

Simon, 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.

Reports state that 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.

It was important to Simon that the kids were there too, as he adores them both and the family they’ve become. Whilst Simon never thought he was the marrying type, he’s realized 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.

The 62-year-old music mogul first met New York City socialite Lauren in 2004, when she was on holiday in Barbados with her ex-husband, Andrew Willne. They then went public with their relationship in 2013, with Andrew and Lauren’s divorce being finalized in November that year.