Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shared romantic details of his proposal to his partner Jodie Haydon.
Mr Albanese, 60, told The Kyle and Jackie O show on Wednesday he presented Jodie with a diamond ring after they enjoyed dinner on Valentine’s Day.
‘In the morning she got roses from the rose garden. Later we went out to dinner to a restaurant in Canberra and had a two course meal,’ he explained.
‘We went back to the lodge and I got out a bottle of champagne and glasses on one of the balconies overlooking the garden.’
Mr Albanese said he then pulled the ring box out from below his seat and proposed to Jodie.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has shared romantic details of his proposal to his partner Jodie Haydon
‘We sat down and I told her I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her and asked her to marry me and she said yes pretty quickly.’
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O Henderson then asked him how he was able to get the ring in secret.
‘My security team are really discreet and they didn’t write it in my diary,’ Mr Albanese said before revealing he purchased the ring from Cerrone in Leichhardt.
The prime minister shared news of his engagement to Instagram last Thursday, making him the first Australian leader to get engaged while in office.
Mr Albanese, 60, told The Kyle and Jackie O show on Wednesday, he presented Jodie with a diamond ring after they enjoyed dinner on Valentine’s Day
‘She said yes,’ Mr Albanese wrote.
In a joint statement, the couple said: ‘We are thrilled and excited to share this news and look forward to spending the rest of our lives together.
‘We are so lucky to have found each other.’
During his time in office, she’s been by his side every step of the way, earning the nickname ‘Australia’s First Lady’ as she accompanies him to international events and joins him on the world stage.
His colleagues, including Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and Claire O’Neil showered the newly engaged couple in praise and well wishes.
During his time in office, Jodie has been by Anthony Albanese’s side every step of the way, earning her the nickname ‘Australia’s First Lady’
The once-divorced PM met Ms Haydon in early 2020 at a conference in Melbourne where the then-Opposition Leader was speaking.
Mr Albanese asked the crowd if there were any fellow South Sydney fans present and finance worker Ms Haydon, who lives in his Grayndler electorate, shouted: ‘Up the Rabbitohs’.
He later introduced himself and they decided to go for a drink when they were back in Sydney.
Mr Albanese, a father-of-one, had recently split from his ex-wife Carmel Tebbutt after 19 years of marriage and 30 years together.
Mr Albanese and his ex-wife Carmel Tebbutt – the former NSW deputy premier. The potential future prime minister said he ‘didn’t see it coming’ when Ms Tebbutt ended their marriage on New Year’s Day 2019
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