Inside real life soap couple Toby-Alexander Smith and Amy Walsh’s romantic Ibiza proposal

REAL life soap couple Toby-Alexander Smith and Amy Walsh have revealed they got engaged while on holiday in Ibiza.

The pair - who welcomed their first child Bonnie Mae in Decemver last year - shared an insight into the special moment on social media.

Toby-Alexander, 32, who played Gray Atkins in EastEnders between
2019 and 2022, posted a happy selfie of the couple by the beach with Amy showing off her new ring on Instagram.

The actor captioned the post: "So this happened…💍🙏❤️."

Amy, 34, who is best known for playing Tracy Metcalfe in Emmerdale, also shared some snaps from their engagement.

Tagging beach restaurant Aiyanna Ibiza as the location, the soap star shared a selection of pictures from their evening.

The first showed the couple smiling at their table waiting for food, the second showed off their incredible meal, while in the third Amy has a huge smile on her face as she showed off her new ring.

She told her 161k followers: "Before. During. After. 💞💎."

Amy also shared a picture of her standing in the sea with the caption: "Me thanking the stars for aligning," followed by another of her with a huge smile on her face.

"Face says it all," she confessed.

Amy and Toby-Alexander met while sitting in the audience of BB1 show Strictly Come Dancing in 2019.

Toby shared a picture of them from when they met on his story and said: "Thank you! Where it all began @bbcstrictly @amyvwalsh."

They started dating and moved in together the following year.

In September 2021 the couple revealed the happy news that they were expecting their first child.

Then in January 2022 they welcomed their daughter Bonnie Mae into the world.

Amy recently explained how the couple got together after Toby sat beside her in the audience for Strictly Come Dancing.

He was there to support Honey Mitchell co-star Emma Barton while Amy was there to cheer on Kelvin Fletcher, who went on to win the series that year.

Amy shared: "He walked in and sat next to me and I turned round to my friend and was like, 'Who is that? He's so fit!' And she was like, 'I knew you'd say that straight away.'

"We were just chatting all night and really got on."

Toby added: "It's very snug in that Strictly audience and we were sat very similar to how we're sat now... 

"Once the show had finished I went to the bar and Amy was with people from Emmerdale and as I looked over she had the biggest glass of red wine and a pack of chicken crisps and I thought that's a woman after my own heart."

Amy quipped: "I was mortified when he asked me out because I was still holding them."