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London police officer proposes to partner during Pride parade

He said yes!

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Pride month may be winding down but that doesn’t mean festivities have gone away. Parades around the world are commemorating LGBT rights, including massive festivities in London.

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England’s capital city may have earned its first viral pride parade moment on Saturday, when a Met officer surprised his partner by dashing away from his fellow officers and proposing to his partner, Jonathan Sammons.

ITV captured the joyous moment, which Sammons certainly wasn’t expecting.

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“Speechless! Amazing! Oh my God, I can’t believe he did it,” Simmons told ITV. Shortly after Simmons said yes, the Met’s LGBT Twitter account tweeted out yet another engagement in progress.

https://twitter.com/MetLGBTNetwork/status/746699545225072640

Love wins.

H/T ITV

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