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Are Lily James and Matt Smith engaged and what was the diamond ring she wore at the Bafta Awards 2018?

LILY James wore a wedding dress to watch the Royal wedding after sparking speculation she's engaged to Matt Smith when she wore a diamond ring to the Bafta Awards 2018.

But, is she getting married to the former Doctor Who actor, and why was she wearing the ring?

 Lily James is one of Britain's fastest rising stars
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Lily James is one of Britain's fastest rising starsCredit: Getty - Contributor

Are Lily James and Matt Smith engaged?

Lily fuelled the rumour-mill by donning a wedding dress to watch the Royal wedding.

The actress dressed in the full garb and kicked back with prosecco, a cigarette and a traditionally-British box of fish and chips.

The pictures come following recently provoked engagement rumours after she was seen wearing a huge diamond ring to the Baftas on February 18, 2018.

Dressed all in black and dripping with diamonds, the 29-year-old Brit star’s main attraction wore the giant sparkler on her wedding finger.

Despite no official comment, fans were quick to take the ring as confirmation of a pending wedding.

One tweeted: “Omg Lily James and Matt Smith my favourite couple to ever exist are engaged I’m so beyond happy for them !!!”

 Lily James and her friend Emma Freud wore wedding dresses and swigged prosecco out the bottle as they watched the Royal Wedding
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Lily James and her friend Emma Freud wore wedding dresses and swigged prosecco out the bottle as they watched the Royal WeddingCredit: Twitter / Emma Freud

Another posted: “Omg Lily James has a giant diamond ring is she ENGAGED TO MATT SMITH TELL ME.”

However she later insisted that the rock was only on her wedding finger as she’s “not superstitious” about where she wears rings.

She told PorterEdit in an interview: "I’m just not very superstitious about rings.

"It’s stupid, probably, but I just put rings on any finger.

 Lily and Matt started dating in 2014
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Lily and Matt started dating in 2014Credit: Getty - Contributor

"Also, that was a f**k-off ring. I mean, Jesus. That ring’s worth one million pounds…”

Last summer The Baby Driver star quashed rumours of an engagement, telling The Sun On Sunday: “We’re not engaged yet. But it’s going very well.”

When introducing Matt’s sister Laura Jayne at an event, she was heard saying: “I’m dating her brother, and hopefully she will soon be my sister-in-law.”

 Lily showed off what appeared to be an engagement ring at the 2018 Baftas
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Lily showed off what appeared to be an engagement ring at the 2018 BaftasCredit: Getty - Contributor

Matt previously revealed to The Sun's Bizarre column that he is desperate to have kids with Lily.

He said: ";I am thinking about kids quite a lot - I’d like a lot of them!

"A lot of my friends have children and, dare I say, I think I would be quite a good dad.

“I guess in the fantasied version of my life I have a big family and loads of dogs.

"But who knows what type of dad you’ll ever going to be.”

When did Lily and Matt start dating?

Lily and Matt, 35, have been dating since 2014.

The pair met when filming Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but they first sparked relationship rumours when they were spotted together at Cannes Film Festival in 2014.

In October 2014 the pair had been spotted kissing in public, but still refused to confirm the romance.

Lily has previously spoken about her romance with Matt and the time they worked together.

She said: “He just made me laugh all the time.

“I actually loved being able to talk about work. It was great that he had to propose to me.”

What are Lily and Matt most famous for?

Lily starred in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as Elizabeth Bennet with Matt playing Parson Collins.

She also appeared in Darkest Hour and will be in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

She is best known for playing Lady Rose in Downton Abbey.

Matt will always be known as Doctor Who after taking on the role from 2010-2014.

He also starred as Prince Philip in Netlfix original The Crown.

Official trailer for Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again starring Amanda Seyfried and Lily James
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