'I'm-marrying MY BEST FRIEND'
New Idea|July 31, 2023
THIS MATILDA IS WALTZING DOWN THE AISLE TO HER BIGGEST FAN-FIANCEE KAT
Brigid Auchettl
'I'm-marrying MY BEST FRIEND'

Matildas midfielder Emily van Egmond is used to performing under pressure – but asking her partner, Kat Thompson, to marry her had her heart racing like never before.

Emily proposed on a cliff overlooking the ocean in San Diego, California last month. Things went awry when dark clouds rolled in just as she started getting down on one knee!

The pair only met last year online yet Emily, 30, tells New Idea she knew “pretty early on” that Kat was “the one”.

This story is from the July 31, 2023 edition of New Idea.

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