United Kingdom, June 12 -- Finneas O'Connell used his seventh anniversary as a "Trojan horse" to propose to Claudia Sulewski.

The 28-year-old musician popped the question last October after seven years of dating, and he has revealed he hoped the fact that because they were already celebrating the milestone means his partner wouldn't suspect he had planned something romantic just so he could ask her to be his wife.

Speaking on Today with Jena and Sheinelle, he said: "I think she thought we were going to go do a little staycation at a beach.

"I was relying on her to be distracted by getting ready in the morning, and maybe sending a work email or something.

"And I drove her to the airport. She was like, 'Why are we at the airport?' We go...