Alexa Chung flashes her 'haunted' engagement ring in carefree selfie after confirming she is set to marry Tom Sturridge

Published: 19:42 EDT, 28 October 2026 | Updated: 20:21 EDT, 28 October 2026 Alexa Chung flashed her 'haunted' engagement ring as she pulled a funny face in a carefree Instagram selfie on Wednesday.The model, 42, confirmed this week that she is set to tie the knot with Tom Sturridge, 40, after he popped the question with a Tudor ring.Alexa appeared happier than ever as she enjoyed newly engaged bliss with her soon-to-be husband.In an interview with More Or Less Magazine, Alexa confirmed that she was engaged to Tom after four years together.'My engagement ring is a Tudor... Tom knows how much I adore vintage and antiques, and he got me a beautiful Tudor ring. It's like a table-cut diamond,' she said.The ring's design reminded her of jewellery worn by figures at the court of Henry VIII, including his famously ill-fated second wife, Anne Boleyn. Alexa Chung flashed her 'haunted' engagement ring as she pulled a funny face in a carefree Instagram selfie on Wednesday The model, 42, confirmed this week that she is set to tie the knot with Tom Sturridge, 40, after he popped the question with a Tudor ring (pictured together in 2024)She explained: 'When I went to the National Portrait Gallery and looked at images of Anne Boleyn and all the other people who perished at the hands of Henry VIII, a lot of them had these rings on.'But Alexa's choice of engagement jewellery prompted an unexpected reaction from a friend while she was preparing for a fashion show in Paris.She recalled that her hairstylist, Alexandri, exclaimed: 'Oh my god, I think your ring is haunted.'Alexa continued: 'He took it off my finger and started making wishes around it and blowing on it. So I hope that my ring isn't haunted. Or do I? Because that's iconic.'It is Alexa's first public confirmation of the engagement, which was first rumoured in June 2023 when she was spotted with a ring on her left hand at fashion designer Henry Holland's 40th birthday celebrations. Speculation grew in 2024 after she was photographed wearing a ring during Paris Fashion Week. That year, reports claimed the couple were engaged and looking to have an intimate wedding, although neither publicly announced any plans at the time.The couple first went public with their relationship in July 2022, when they were photographed kissing at Wimbledon – directly behind actor Tom's former fiancée Sienna Miller, 44, and her partner Oli Green, 29.Rather than an awkward encounter, the four were also seen taking a group selfie in the stands. The comments are Alexa's first public confirmation of the engagement, which was first rumoured in June 2023 Tom and Sienna were together from 2011 to 2015. They got engaged and had a daughter, Marlowe, now 14, in 2012, before separating three years later.They have remained close while raising their daughter, and Alexa has become part of the family.Before finding love with Tom, Alexa dated Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner, 40, for four years and was later in a relationship with Hollywood star Alexander Skarsgard, 50.She also dated musician and chocolate dynasty heir Orson Fry, 30.