Billy Joel s daughter Alexa engaged

Los Angeles Jan 2 (IANS) Veteran singer-songwriter Billy Joel s daughter Alexa Ray Joel got engaged to boyfriend Ryan Gleason.

Alexa 32 who too is a singer-songwriter announced the news on Monday on Instagram.

She showed off her new emerald cut engagement ring while posing on the beach in a bikini with her new fiance in the post.

Alexa captioned the image: "So I was completely taken off-guard dumbstruck and shell-shocked -- and for once in my life. I had absolutely no words and I couldn t speak. I just kept staring at this ridiculously exquisite ring and he was just hysterically laughing at me."

In another photograph she recounted the proposal and wrote: "He said to me ‘Before I met you my world was in black and white. You coloured it in between the lines . It was the most beautiful thing anybody s ever said to me. How could I possibly say no to that?"

The couple also each posted a photograph of the ring with Alexa s caption: "Luckiest guy in the world!"

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