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"One year after she made a name for herself with the release of her hit song &amp;quot;Royals,&amp;quot; Lorde has finally seen &amp;quot;a diamond in the flesh&amp;quot;&amp;#x2014;and in a very special way.&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe chart-topping singer took to Twitter on Monday evening, June 16, to share some exciting personal news, which involved a sparkling gemstone.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;BEST DAY,&amp;quot; Lorde tweeted. &amp;quot;Went to Niagara Falls - my dad proposed to my mum after almost 30 years together.&amp;quot;\r\nThe 17-year-old wunderkind went on to add a sequence of emojis to express her joy, including heart characters, a diamond ring, a rose, and love-filled smiley faces.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nLorde&amp;apos;s father, Vic O&amp;apos;Connor, who is a civil engineer, proposed to her mother, poet Sonja Yelich, at the famed natural attraction.&amp;#xA0;\r\nAfter sharing the news of the proposal, Lorde acknowledged the irony of &amp;quot;Royals&amp;quot; beginning with the lyrics, &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve never seen a diamond in the flesh / I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies / And I&amp;apos;m not proud of my address / In a torn-up town, no postcode envy.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Inevitable response yes I know I have seen a diamond now,&amp;quot; she tweeted.&amp;#xA0;\r\nLorde has spoken of her close relationship with her newly engaged parents in the past, telling Interview magazine about their guidance last year, &amp;quot;My parents are really onto it; they know what young people need. My mum takes my iPhone off me at night, because I need to do homework and sleep, otherwise I&amp;apos;d spend all night on Facebook and Instagram&amp;#x2026; My parents are pretty good; they understand what I really want. If I do decide to leave school at the end of this year, that&amp;apos;s a bridge we&amp;apos;ll cross.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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