Kit Harington and Rose Leslie officially confirm engagement with traditional announcement

Jennifer Ruby27 September 2017
The Weekender

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for exclusive competitions, offers and theatre ticket deals

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

Kit Harington and Rose Leslie have officially confirmed their engagement with a traditional announcement in The Times.

The Game of Thrones co-stars revealed that they are set to tie the knot after rumours started circulating on Tuesday.

“The engagement is announced between Kit, younger son of David and Deborah Harington of Worcestershire, and Rose, middle daughter of Sebastian and Candy Leslie of Aberdeenshire,” the announcement read.

The couple, who met on the set of the hit HBO show back in 2012, are yet to set a date.

Confirmed: Kit Harington and Rose Leslie announce their engagment in the Times
PA

After five years of dating, they recently revealed that they had finally moved in together, having bought a £1.75 million house in East Anglia.

“I've moved in with my other best friend Rose, so I'm very happy," Harington told James Corden in June.

“It's going well, so she's got all sorts of ideas for the house."

He added: “I said to her, cause she's moved into my house, 'Look darling, it's important that this is our space. That it feels like our space. That you haven't just moved into mine. Move anything you want around, change anything, chuck anything out.'”

Game of Thrones: Season 7 - In pictures

1/21

Harington fans were left ‘heartbroken’ by the rumours that Jon Snow was officially off the market on Tuesday.

“Didn't think my morning could get any worse, then I find out Kit Harrington is engaged,” wrote one die-hard fan on Twitter.

“Today is a sad day, Kit Harrington is now engaged. My heart is broken,” another posted.

Other stars to have announced their impending nuptials in such a traditional way include Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter and David Mitchell and Victoria Coren.

Harington is gearing up to film the final season of Game of Thrones while Leslie is currently starring in the TV show The Good Fight.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in