New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Pop icon Taylor Swift and National Football League (NFL) star Travis Kelce announced that they are engaged to be married through a social media post on Tuesday.

In a joint Instagram post, the couple wrote, "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married," along with photos showing the Kansas City Chiefs tight end proposing to Swift.

Photos showed the American couple in a garden of pink and white flowers. In one shot, Kelce is seen down on one knee looking at Swift, while another shows a sparkling ring on her left hand. The post was set to a clip of Swift's track "So High School."

The engagement was welcomed on social media, with more than 17 million likes on the Instagram post by Tuesday afternoon. ...