Ed Sheeran has become engaged to his girlfriend, Cherry Seaborn.

The singer announced the news to his more than 18 million Instagram followers on Saturday afternoon, saying the pair got engaged just before the new year.

Last year Sheeran said how Ms Seaborn inspired his song Perfect, which currently sits at Number One on the US Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Sheeran and Ms Seaborn were friends when the two attended school in Suffolk before reconnecting years later.