Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his companion Lauren Sanchez are engaged, based on studies.

Ms Sanchez, a 53-year-old former broadcaster, was pictured with billionaire Bezos on his $500m superyacht off the coast of Cannes on Monday.

Last week the couple had been noticed crusing across the Spanish island of Mallorca.

It was reported that Bezos had proposed on the yacht.

Billionaire Bezos was launched to Sanchez in 2016 when she was an anchor of Fox's Good Morning LA.

They met by way of Bezos's buddy and her then-husband Patrick Whitesell, who runs a Hollywood expertise company.

Bezos and Sanchez started an affair, which was revealed by the National Enquirer in 2019.

Around the identical time, Bezos's spouse of 25 years, MacKenzie, stated on social media that she was divorcing him, though each insisted the cut up was amicable.

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The affair additionally ended Sanchez's 13-year marriage to Whitesell.

Bezos had 4 youngsters together with his first spouse, who gained greater than $35bn (£28bn) within the divorce settlement and later married a science instructor, though that marriage led to September 2022.

Sanchez has three youngsters from earlier relationships.