Tabitha Willett has revealed how she knew how she was going to marry her fiance Harry Hoare after their first date lasted an incredible three days.
The pregnant Made In Chelsea star, 33, who is expecting her second child, revealed she began dating Harry at the beginning of last year after ‘sliding into his DMs’.
The couple had been together just 10 months before Harry got down on one knee during a family holiday to Dubai in October, before they announced it weeks later.
Tabitha, who shares her daughter Ottilie with her ex Fraser Carruthers, revealed she and Harry knew each other ‘for years’ before getting together romantically.
Writing for The Wedding Edition, she said: ‘We stayed in contact but were never close. It was actually January 1st 2025, at my most single, after putting on my vision board for the year that I wanted to find love…
‘That I replied to an Instagram story of his saying we should grab a drink and catch up soon. He loves telling the story that I ‘slid into his DMs’.
‘We went for a drink, our first date lasted three days, and I called my best friend Ollie Locke after he left and said, I am going to marry this man.’
Tabitha Willett has revealed how she knew how she was going to marry her fiance Harry Hoare after their first date lasted an incredible three days
The pregnant Made In Chelseastar, 33, revealed she began dating Harry at the beginning of last year after ‘sliding into his DMs’ to ask him to grab a drink
‘It sounds quite unromantic, but I think in your 30s, and as parents (Harry has a daughter too), you want to be sure you are not wasting any time. It was a discussion we had right from the beginning. We aligned on everything and it all felt very uncomplicated. Not full of fire or passion, just easy.’
When Harry asked Tabitha to marry him he popped the question with a ‘placeholder ring’ and she was wearing a long white dress with a cape.
Tabitha and Harry had been staying at The Lana, a new hotel which is a part of the Dorchester Collection during their stay.
Ahead of the proposal they were enjoying the sunset from the rooftop bar, before returning to their room so that Harry could ‘grab something’ before dinner.
Tabitha revealed that when the door opened their suite was filled with rose petals and candles, and there was a table set on the balcony for a private dinner.
The couple began the year with a lavish babymoon in Paris.
Tabitha and Harry splashed out on a £1,800-a-night (€2,170) stay at the five-star Hôtel Plaza Athénée.
‘Pregnant in Paris happy dairies’, Tabitha captioned her Instagram post.
In one of the photos, Tabitha wrapped up warm in a stylish faux-fur coat as she sipped on a hot chocolate at tourist hotspot, Carette.
When Harry asked Tabitha to marry him he popped the question with a ‘placeholder ring’ and she was wearing a long white dress with a cape
She revealed in December 2025 that she is expecting her second child, just weeks before she is due to marry the wealthy heir
The couple explored art museums and relaxed in the luxury hotel, before they headed out for a fancy dinner at Lafayette’s.
She wowed in a satin red dress which featured dramatic feathered sleeves as she struck a pose for glam snaps.
Tabitha, who returned to the long-running E4 show ahead of its 29th series in March, announced the news of her pregnancy with her Instagram followers.
She posted an adorable video of her getting a scan at the hospital, with daughter Ottille at her side.
Revealing her diamond-studded engagement ring for the first time alongside various photos of herself alongside her new fiancé, Tabitha wrote: ‘Love you more than you’ll ever know.’
Just days after confirming the engagement, Tabitha took to Instagram to say that a ‘low-key small wedding’ is planned for January.
Sharing a picture of wedding dresses, she wrote: ‘It’s starting… We are actually having a low-key small wedding in January so these are too wedding gowny but so fun to get in the mood.’
In the next slide, Tabitha shared a mirror selfie from inside a bridal shop where she was wearing a fluffy white high-neck blouse and tailored trousers. ‘If it’s not white I’m not wearing it,’ she wrote.
Tabitha and Harry splashed out on a £1.8K-a-night (€2,170) stay at the five-star Hôtel Plaza Athénée
The couple explored art museums and relaxed in the luxury hotel, before they headed out for a fancy dinner at Lafayette’s
Just days after confirming the engagement, Tabitha took to Instagram to say that a ‘low-key small wedding’ is planned for January
A formal announcement of her and Harry’s engagement was printed by The Times on the newspaper’s births, marriages and deaths page
A formal announcement of her and Harry’s engagement was printed by The Times on the newspaper’s births, marriages and deaths page.
‘The engagement is announced between Henry (Harry), son of Mrs Virginia Hoare and the late Mr Timothy Hoare, and Tabitha, second daughter of Mr Daniel Willett and Miss Muffin Hurst,’ it read.
News of Tabitha’s engagement would likely come as a surprise to Made In Chelsea fans, who recently watched her brief romance with co-star Arman Pouladian-Kari play out on screen.
Tabitha originally joined the Made In Chelsea cast in 2018, during their annual trip to Croatia.
She and her ex Fraser, a friend of Prince Harry, dated for four years after meeting when she was hired as a marketing director at his private members’ club Albert’s.
In 2019, they were engaged in Miami with plans to marry at London’s Hurlingham Club the following July but had to cancel their wedding due to the pandemic.
However, in October 2020, a year after Ottilie was born, they announced they had split.
