FAMILY and friends of Discovery Bay resident Alexandra Manley are looking forward to her November wedding to Prince Joachim, the second son of Denmark's Queen Margrethe and one of the world's most eligible bachelors.
The playboy prince, rumoured to have impressed many Hong Kong women during his 10-month stay in the territory last year, proposed to Ms Manley, 30, during a dinner party in the Philippines.
He told the Danish press: 'I proposed on my knees.' Ms Manley, who lives in Greenfield Court, Discovery Bay, is delighted and very much in love, according to the family's amah.
'They hadn't been dating for very long but it was clear this was something serious,' said Delma Delanter, who has worked for the Manleys for the past 15 years.
'They met just before Christmas so it has been a whirlwind romance,' she said. 'The engagement was a surprise for the family but they are very happy.' Ms Manley is on holiday with her fiance and her parents, Richard and Christa Manley, in Vienna. She has two sisters, Nicola, 28, and Martina, 25.
She was trained as an economist at schools in Hong Kong, Vienna and London, and works as a section head for investment company GT Management Limited.