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Katie Fitzpatrick & Brett Gibbons

Ex-Coronation Street star, 61, proposes to his stunning model girlfriend on her 21st birthday

Former Coronation Street star Chris Quinten made sure his girlfriend's 21st birthday celebration was a night she would not forget when he popped the question to the model.

Guests cheered as the Corrie legend got down on one knee to propose to Robyn Delabarre after the couple had been dating for seven months.

The actor played Gail Rodwell's husband, Brian Tilsley, on the ITV soap from 1978 to 1989.

The couple have been dating for seven months (Robyn Delabarre/Facebook)

After his character was killed off in a brutal stabbing, Chris, 61, went on to become manager at Stringfellows in Covent Garden, London, and is now the manager of another gentleman's club Secrets in Hammersmith.

Congratulations have been pouring in for the couple, the Manchester Evening News reports.

Sharing loved-up photos of the pair on holiday in Mykonos, Robyn said: "I have been so spoilt this holiday what an amazing time we have had and the memories we have made together I will cherish this forever.

A Coronation Street scene from 1989 showing the death of Brian Tilsley, played by Chris Quinten. He was stabbed outside a nightclub. (ITV)

"Thank you so much Chris for throwing me a surprise 21st birthday and my presents and my amazing holiday you truly are the best."

Robyn, who used to be in a relationship with the late Love Island star Mike Thalassitis who tragically took his own life in March, said in another post: "I’ve had the best 21st birthday I could ever of wished for ... I love you."

Chris and Robyn on holiday in Mykonos (Robyn Delabarre/Facebook)

Sharing video of the moment that her man proposed she wrote: "My 21st birthday a night I will never forget."

And she wrote next to a collection of holiday snaps: "My husband to be ! It’s been a CRAZY 7 months a secret we had to keep because of our jobs but you have made me the happiest girl alive.

"You're amazing to me. I’m so lucky to have you in my life I’m so glad your mine I love you and I couldn’t care less what anyone has to say.

"I love you will all my heart thank you for doing everything you do for me Chris."

 
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