Mariah Carey And James Packer Are Engaged

Packer, a businessman and son of the late media mogul Kerry, went down on one knee to pop the question to the US singer.

Carey and Packer pictured last year in New York

Mariah Carey is engaged to be married to her boyfriend of less than a year, Australian billionaire James Packer.

Packer, a businessman in his own right and son of late media mogul Kerry, started going out with the US singer last summer although the couple first met in 2014.

The singer performing this New Year in Sydney

The engagement was confirmed by Carey's agent who commented after the pair were spotted coming out of a New York restaurant, with Carey wearing a huge diamond engagement ring.
Sources said the proposal took place when Packer popped the question in front of a group of her best friends at a secret dinner date.

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After they were all in place, he got down on one knee and popped the question.
When interviewed by E! Online last year, Carey said the couple "were talking and laughing and people were getting mad at us and stuff like that. So, we hit it off".
When told her boyfriend was a "lucky" guy, she replied: "I'm lucky, too."
It is hoped that this will be third time lucky for both Carey and Packer, the fourth richest man in Australia.
Carey, 46, was married first to music mogul Tommy Mottola.
She then married Nick Cannon, with whom she had twins, Monroe and Moroccan, now aged four.
Packer, 48, has three children - two daughters and a son - from his marriage to former model and singer Erica Baxter.
A date for the wedding has not yet been officially revealed.