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"Shayne Ward has revealed that he is now engaged to long-term girlfriend Faye McKeever. The former X Factor winner announced the news via Twitter on Tuesday (September 25), writing that he was the one to to propose to his partner of nine years.  Ward tweeted: &amp;quot;I have just asked @fayemckeever to marry me and she said.............. YES! X&amp;quot;, and accompanied the message with a photograph of the pair kissing. The 27-year-old recently took on the role of rock star Stacee Jaxx for musical Rock of Ages&amp;#039; London run, but will reportedly be returning to the studio after his contract on the show ended last week. Ward recently slammed the makers of The X Factor for excluding him from the reality contest&amp;#039;s recent TV trailer, featuring the likes of JLS, Little Mix, One Direction and Olly Murs. He was dropped from Simon Cowell&amp;#039;s Syco record label in April 2011 after bosses were allegedly unhappy with the underwhelming sales of Ward&amp;#039;s third album Obsession. Watch the video to Shayne Ward&amp;#039;s 2007 single &amp;#039;No U Hang Up&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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