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He's finally asked for Suellen's hand.

Locky Gilbert reveals Irena Srbinovska is his 'soulmate' and he asked for Irena's hand. They will get married in the future.

Speaking with the Daily Mail, she told the newspaper: "He very much asked for my hand". I said: "I love you dearly, but no. I don't want to be a wife." I didn’t. I wanted to be this fiercely independent woman. I wanted children, and I wanted them to have his name, but I didn't want to be married.