Kate Moss is engaged

Hince,40,flew out to meet Moss last week while she was working in Mustique. He proposed on Saturday,her 36th birthday,using a diamond ring chosen with the help of Topshop tycoon Philip Green.

The couple have had a fiery romance since meeting in September 2007,just three months after the model finished a turbulent two-year relationship with rocker Pete Doherty.

“Kate was stunned. He said he was flying out to Mustique. He had carefully picked a ring and chose her birthday to propose,” said a source close to the supermodel.

“It was the first time they had been alone together in quite a while and it was extremely emotional. Kate and Jamie are in a very good place,they already live together and this is the next step to settling down for good,” added the source.

Despite a string of rows,friends say that Hince has been a stabilising influence on Moss and he gets along well with Lila Grace,her eight-year-old daughter by ex-boyfriend Jefferson Hack.