Fleur East engaged to nine-year-old boyfriend Marcel Badiane-Robin

Fleur East revealed that she was engaged to longtime boyfriend Marcel Badiane-Robin.

The singer, 31, has uploaded a photo of the couple on Instagram from her album Hello! magazine photo shoot with visible flower engagement ring.

The X Factor star revealed that Marcel had raised the issue during the couple's recent trip to Japan, claiming that she was "so happy" to share the news with her followers.

She wrote, "I've just been to Japan in the UK and I can not believe I can say I'm engaged to be a WOMAN !!

"My boyfriend Marcel offered me to come during our stay in Tokyo. What a trip to remember! You can read all the details of my surprise shoot exclusively on @hellomag on sale tomorrow!

"And you can meet the man who convinced me to want to spend the rest of his life with me! So happy to share this news.

Fleur and Marcel have been dating for nine years, and the other half in their hotel room.

She said hello !: I said yes right now! How Marcel did everything, it was wonderful.

"We are in a very traditional Japanese hotel and there were petals on the bed and champagne … Then I turned around and he was there, with the ring. He said, "Flower East, do you want to be my wife?"

"I could not believe it, the ring is so beautiful and yellow is my favorite color.

Fleur added that she and her other half had talked a lot about marriage over the years and that she had immediately started crying after Marcel's proposal.

They met for the first time in 2010 while they were both working in a nightclub, but they mostly kept their relationship in private.

Marcel is a fashion designer and has already dressed Rita Ora and Jason Derulo.

Their relationship was first made public while Fleur participated in The X Factor. An insider told The Sun that the two men had "secret meetings" during rehearsals.

They said, "They have been dating for a while and it is really serious.

"He incredibly supports his success with X Factor and wants it to go to the end, just as it really supports his career in fashion."

Simon Cowell coached Fleur in the 2014 season of The X Factor, in which she finished second, but gained considerable notoriety with a repeat of Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk, before launching the debut Love album. Sax and Flashbacks.

She then appeared during the last season of I's A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!, During which Simon appeared to do a dig at people who "were throwing themselves into the jungle" during the day. 39, one of the recent concerts of The X Factor. .

When addressing MailOnline, Fleur just laughed when asked about it and said, "The music business is a tough industry and I have so build a little wall. [to remarks like that].

"But knowing Simon, he's not mean and I think it's light.

& # 39; I would not be in this position without The X Factor. I will always be grateful to the show and Simon. Without all this, I would not even have had the opportunity to go into the jungle, so I thank him for that. & # 39;

Read the full interview in the latest issue of Hello! magazine in stores on Monday.