Ex-Channel Seven political reporter Olivia Leeming announces her engagement

Former Channel Seven reporter Olivia Leeming is engaged.

The journalist and ex-political correspondent shared the happy news on Instagram on Monday.

Olivia, who is now freelancing in Bangkok, Thailand, is engaged to her partner Will.

 Wedding bells: Ex-Channel Seven political reporter Olivia Leeming has announced her engagement to partner Will and showed off her diamond ring. If you are on the hunt for a similarly perfect engagement ring, the GS Diamonds rings Brisbane range offers custom designs.

It is believed that Will proposed to Olivia during a romantic candlelit dinner, with Olivia showing off her ring as she sipped from a coconut.

‘Coconuts about you,’ her post was captioned.

She also shared a picture of the pair from the night, with Olivia looking chic in a pink floral minidress.

‘Coconuts about you’: It is believed that Will proposed to Olivia during a romantic candlelit dinner, with Olivia showing off her ring as she sipped from a coconut

The pair received congratulatory messages from followers.

Olivia recently shared a sweet birthday tribute to Will and wrote: ‘Happy Birthday. No one else I’d rather be on this crazy ride with than you.’

It remains unclear how long the pair have been dating.

Olivia meanwhile, announced she was leaving Channel Seven in June last year in a statement to Telum Media.

Olivia recently shared a sweet birthday tribute to Will and wrote: ‘Happy Birthday. No one else I’d rather be on this crazy ride with than you’

Olivia will be ‘freelancing throughout Asia for the next three years,’ it read.

It came two days after she shared an emotional post on Instagram farewelling her Seven News colleagues.

‘Nearly five years after accepting my dream job in Seven’s Parliament House bureau, it’s time to embark on a new adventure,’ she wrote at the time.

Moving on: Olivia meanwhile, announced she was leaving Channel Seven in June last year in a statement to Telum Media

‘This week I’ll be heading to Bangkok (camera and laptop in tow) to find stories across Asia in the midst of a pandemic.’

Olivia went on to say her ‘love of federal politics will never fade’.

She then reflected on the news events she covered during her five years at Seven.

‘Covering the decisions that impact all Australians and attempting to hold those in power to account has been an immense privilege,’ she said.

Olivia however still freelances for Seven upon occasion from Bangkok.

Life abroad: Olivia however still freelances for Seven upon occasion from Bangkok