Daisy Knatchbull confirms engagement to Giovanni Damini,
Prince William and Prince Harry’s distant cousin Daisy Knatchbull has announced her engagement to Italian music executive Giovanni Damiani on Instagram.
On Sunday, Daisy, 33, revealed Giovanni, 40, had popped the question with a ‘gift shop ring’ during a sun-soaked getaway in the Bahamas, as the Savile Row supremo showed off her turtle-shaped accessory.
It’s a sign of what is sure to be one of the quirkiest society weddings in recent times, as the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor Richard Eden revealed the couple could both wear ‘top hats and tails’ when they exchange vows.
Daisy, a great-granddaughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and distant cousin of Princes William and Harry, is a Savile Row tailor known for designing trouser suits for women.
Rarely seen in dresses, the beaming young designer was wearing a floral bikini in her engagement post, which included a clip of Giovanni’s proposal.
The music executive used seaweed to spell out the words, ‘Will you marry me’ in the sand, and surprised his now-fiancée with a ‘cheap as chip engagement ring’.
‘Getting hitched, and making gift shop turtle rings a thing,’ Daisy captioned the post, as famous friends including Sophie Turner, Nigella Lawson, and Princess Beatrice’s husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi congratulated the happy couple.
‘Yipeeeeee. Congratulations,’ the 42-year-old property developer wrote.
Meanwhile, Nigella, who will soon be seen on The Great British Bake Off, declared Giovanni is ‘the luckiest man in the world’ in her congratulatory message.
‘And you haven’t done too badly, either! I feel the spheres are aligned,’ the TV chef added.
While little is known about Daisy’s relationship with Giovanni, the celebrity designers – who counts the Princess of Wales among her famous customers – told Hello! magazine that they live together in London.
She said the couple enjoy sharing Italian meals together and revealed ‘we’re always having Sunday lunches, barbecues, and dinner parties’ when they’re not working.
Daisy also shared her plans for motherhood as she told the publication: ‘I’m close to being 32, and in three years, I’m a geriatric mother, right?’
‘It’s that age-old problem: I’m a woman, and I want a career and kids. How do I balance that?
The jet-setting designer Daisy said she was completely focused on her career, adding: ‘I’d like to wait three years or so..because I want to be a present mother. But am I pushing the envelope or am I leaving it too late? You never know.’
‘But my life is not conducive to having kids right now, in terms of needing to hop on a plane and disappear off to America for three weeks for a trunk show.’
She added that Damian is also ‘always racing around the world’ as Daisy quipped she was focused on ‘complete world domination’ at the time.
Daisy launched her Savile Row storefront, The Deck, in 2019, before rebranding it as Knatchbull in October 2024.
Her celebrity clients include Bridgerton actress Adjoa Andoh, Sex Education star Gillian Anderson, and the Royal Family’s most fashionable member, the Princess of Wales.
Kate has frequently donned Daisy’s impeccably tailored creations in a show of support for her husband’s family.
When she addressed the Future Workforce Summit in London last November, the Princess turned heads in the label’s ivory ‘Cascade’ blouse, which she paired with a Roland Mouret suit.
The shirt retails for £600 and is among Kate’s most cherished wardrobe staples.
Reflecting on her famous clientele, Daisy previously told The Daily Mail: ‘Gillian, Suranne (Jones) – those women are amazing, of course, and we want everyone to feel like that: powerful, sexy, understated women.
‘But I don’t want it to ever feel unachievable. The reality is most women don’t look like that. Our clients are just normal people who want to look and feel beautiful, and we can do that for them.’
