Couple get engaged, then dial 999

A couple feared their romance was on the rocks - just moments after becoming engaged in a seaside proposal.

Soldier Shaun Mancinelli, based at Chippenham, Wiltshire, popped the question to his girlfriend Llian, 18, at Mumbles Outer Island, Gower Peninsular near Swansea, Wales.

But they did not realise the tide had come in, cutting them off.

Instead of calling friends and family to share their good news, the bride-to-be found herself phoning 999 for the coastguard and a lifeboat

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