A Christmas Eve marriage proposal – live on air

24 December 2014, 09:10 | Updated: 24 December 2014, 09:23

Listen to the moment Scott asked Katie to marry him on Classic FM

In an email to Classic FM, Scott wrote “I met Katie online earlier this year, and in the months since we first made contact it has become clear that she is, truly, the love my life.”

Scott wrote that, because he and Katie were both classical music fans, Classic FM was “the perfect vehicle” for his proposal.

Tim Lihoreau read out the email on his breakfast show on Christmas Eve. You can listen to him reading Scott’s email here:

Just before 9am, Tim rang Katie to find out her answer… and you can hear what she said here:

In his first email to Classic FM Scott wrote “We’re both classical music fans and when we first met I had an afternoon request of Dvorak’s 'Song to the Moon' played for her.” So Tim followed the proposal with that piece.