By Beverley Lyons
Ed Sheeran accepted a "proposal" from a teenage fan who has been bravely battling cancer for eight years.
Katie Papworth, 19, popped the question when she met the chart-topping singer minutes before he went on stage at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro.
Wearing her favourite Mrs Ed Sheeran T-shirt, Katie presented the singer with a ring which he duly accepted.
Katie, from Bearsden, near Glasgow, has an aggressive form of brain cancer and lost her sight to it, just two weeks ago.
The teenager also presented her idol with a picture she painted of a Lego house, in tribute to one of his songs.
Ed signed a copy of she’d made to keep for herself, writing: “Dear Katie, lovely to finally meet my wife.”
Katie’s mum Trish said: “Katie took the picture of the lego house she’d made and gave Ed a ring with an infinity symbol. Ed loved her artwork and asked if he could keep it for his wall.
“When she presented the ring he smiled and said, ‘I suppose I should say yes. OK.’
“He made it really special for her and she’s since said she needs to think about bridesmaids.”
Katie said: “We haven’t set the date yet, but it’s not official because we haven’t been in a church.”
Katie was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2006 but intensive therapy sent it into remission for five years.
Three years ago, the cancer returned to her spine.
Katie was keen on art and attended classes at Project Ability until she lost her sight through the disease two weeks ago.
After she created a “wish list” a few months ago, Trish got in touch with Ed’s management, who arranged for the singer to send her a video message from the US, where he was on tour.
Katie also managed to watch Ed in Leeds before her health badly deteriorated. On Thursday, she was having a relatively good health day so Trish contacted Les Hoey’s Dreammaker Foundation to see if they could help her to meet him.
Les said: “Times like this make it worthwhile. To see someone like Ed taking time out of his day is so emotional and has made such a difference.”
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