Dianne Buswell and Joe Sugg - proposal rumours, baby plans and incredible £3.5m mansion

Strictly Come Dancing professional Dianne Buswell met her current partner on the BBC dance competition, with the couple's love still going strong after six years together

Strictly's Dianne Buswell and her celebrity partner Chris McCausland have won the judges and public over this year.

The pair, who have stunned the audience this series, are firm fan favourites, with Chris, who is blind, proving that disability is no barrier for him after scoring his first 10s in Blackpool last week. He's now the bookies' favourite to win, meaning Dianne, 35, could be on track for her first Strictly win ever.

Not only has Strictly brought professional dancer Dianne fame and success, but the show is also responsible for her relationship with YouTuber Joe Sugg, with the pair happily living together while they plan for the future. Let's take a deeper look into the couple's story...

How Dianne and Joe met

Australian native Dianne first met Joe Sugg in 2017, when they were paired up on the BBC dance competition. As Dianne was dating Hollyoaks' Anthony Quinlan at the time, rumours circulated that they had fallen victim to the dreaded Strictly curse, but her and Joe's love has weathered it out, with the pair still going strong.

Both deny any overlap, with the couple splitting up a few months before Dianne and Joe went public with their romance. Joe broke the happy news of their relationship, posting a photo of them gazing into each other's eyes, captioning it: "I may not have won the glitter ball, but I’ve won something a million times more special." The couple got to the final, but were runners up to Kevin Clifton and Stacey Dooley, who now share a child together.

Incredible home

Joe and Dianne lived together previously, but moved into their incredible £3.5 million mansion in July last year. The sprawling Brighton estate covers 7,741 sq ft and features an indoor heated swimming pool, a gym, an open plan entrance and a double staircase. The couple's beautiful property also boasts five bathrooms and a whopping six reception rooms, as well as a massive balcony and outdoor seating area. Dianne has an extensive walk-in wardrobe, while the dream home wouldn't be complete without an impressive cinema room for the pair to relax in - and enjoy Dianne's success on Strictly.

Reacting to comments that they had only been living in their last home for two years, Joe told fans on Instagram that it was simply too big a project for the pair to take on. He told his followers at the time: "I’ve been busy behind the scenes doing something. We’re moving the last bits of our stuff because we have moved house. People are like, 'What? You’ve moved house? You were only in the last place for two- and a-bit years!' Very true."

He explained: "We loved the last place, but it was a project, it was a big project. We haven’t got the time to take on such a big project, so we found this place, we absolutely fell in love with it and now we are here."

Has Joe proposed?

Joe was forced to brush off rumours that he had popped the question to Dianne after posting a romantic snap of the pair together in Australia, while visiting her family Down Under. In February, he spoke about the pressure to get down on one knee, telling The Useless Hotline Podcast, he said: "It's a question they ask every single time, and it gets to a point where I'm a bit like, 'why is it so important?'"

And it seems the pair are on the same page, with Dianne telling the Mirror in March 2023: "We haven't really spoken about it, so if it happens, great. If not, we're happy with how things are going."

And in 2021, Dianne admitted she isn't really a 'planner, telling Hello! "I plan my work a lot, but that’s probably as far as I go with planning. I’m quite an unorganised person actually. Joe and I don’t really talk about that kind of thing. We’re both so relaxed so we just play it by ear. We really enjoy each other’s company so much and whatever happens, happens."

Baby plans

Although marriage isn't a priority for either of them, kids are definitely on the table, with Dianne admitting she is broody. When she shared a baby picture showing her niece Zofia, she confessed that she "loves kids".

Answering a question from a fan, which read: "Are you getting broody with all these babies arriving?", Dianne replied: "I have to say yes hahah I just love kids so much! How can I not seeing this little angel." In 2021, when asked if she wanted children in the future in the future, Dianne again confirmed it's a possibility, simply replying: "I do."

Speaking to Closer magazine another time, she said: "I think definitely at one point we'll have children. It's something we'd both love, but we don't know when just yet. We always say our kids are going to watch YouTube videos of us dancing one day, and that's so cool!"

Split rumours

Once again forced to shut down rumours, Joe and Dianne laughed off concerns that their relationship was in trouble, when Dianne went to Australia without him. As split rumours emerged, they completely shut them down, with Dianne saying: "It makes me laugh that people think I wouldn’t go and see my family without Joe. It blows my mind."

As well as flying solo to Aus, the couple weren't seen together for three months on social media, with fans jumping to conclusions. But once and for all, Dianne dismissed any hint of trouble in the pair's loving partnership, by complimenting her beau's roasties. Reposting a photo Joe had taken of her beaming next to a roast dinner, Joe joked: "'These are the best roast potatoes I've ever eaten in my life, Joe you are the best roaster of the potato the world's ever seen, I love you so much more than I even did before!'"

Dianne replied confirming they were in fact delicious, writing: "It's the best roasted potatoes I have ever had."

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