Hugh Hefner Gives Crystal Harris $90,000 Engagement Ring!

The marriage proposal was apparently a rather romantic affair. On Christmas Eve, the couple watched a late-night movie together and then exchanged gifts: for him a framed photograph of their King Charles Spaniel, for her an engagement ring.

“She burst into tears,” he revealed on Twitter at the weekend. “This is the happiest Christmas in memory.”“The most memorable Christmas ever,” she tweeted in agreement. “I love him.”

All of which might be rather more touching if the prospective groom was not Playboy tycoon Hugh Hefner who, at 84, is 60 years older than his fiancŽe, a platinum blonde model named Crystal Harris.That Hefner should choose to share details of this intimate moment with the world quite so soon after his proposal is typical of this flamboyant self-publicist.

His image as a fast-living Lothario has done much to make a success of the Playboy brand, and news of his impending nuptials to a woman young enough to be his great-granddaughter will further promote the idea of him as a lovable old rascal who has plenty of life in him yet.