Natalie Bassingthwaighte and fiancée hint at imminent wedding plans as they celebrate one year anniversary with gushing post - after the Neighbours star vowed never to marry again

Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Pip Loth have thrilled their fans by hinting that they plan to marry this year. 

The Neighbours star and her fiancée celebrated the one-year anniversary of their engagement on Sunday. 

The gushing post, shared on Instagram, showed the pair holding hands after the joyous moment Natalie proposed to Pip in New York. 

'One year ago, in the midst of a whirlwind adventure in New York City, you surprised me with a trip to Niagara Falls for a weekend filled with incredible experiences and it was there that you asked me the most surprising question that there was simply no other answer to but a whole-hearted, emphatic "yes",' Pip wrote. 

'This past year has been filled with joy, laughter, wins, celebrations, many hours on FaceTime, moving boxes and so, so much love. You are my person. I am so very grateful. Maybe this year, we will plan a wedding.'

Natalie replied in the comments section: 'Aw baby! You make me a better person every day! Your generosity of spirit, kind heart and pure love shines bright. I am so lucky you said "yes"! Let's do this life together.'

The singer and actress, 50, previously said she would never walk down the aisle again after her divorce.  

In an emotional extract from her memoir Love Like This, the star admitted she had become anti-marriage after splitting from ex-husband Cameron McGlinchey.

'I was never going to get married again. After Cam and I separated, I became increasingly disillusioned with the idea,' she wrote.

The singer said the pain of ending her marriage to her Rogue Traders bandmate, which ended in 2023 after 12 years together, lingered long after the relationship itself.

'That kind of pain doesn't just vanish because you've moved on or found another relationship,' she said. 

'It's the kind of grief you know will keep showing up at every big life milestone and in small, surprising ways.'

By 2024, she had doubled down on that stance, even after meeting and going public with her new partner Pip in November 2023.

'I was Natalie "Never Getting Married" Bassingthwaighte. It became a badge I wore proudly, like proof I'd learned my lesson,' she said. 

In a blunt rejection of convention, she added: 'F*** the marriage. F*** the house. F*** the white picket fence. Keep the kids and the dog, obviously.'

But the hardline stance began to crumble after a quiet exchange with Pip - one that reshaped her perspective on marriage entirely.

'You know, it wasn't even legal for me to get married until 2017,' Natalie revealed Pip told her.

The comment, referencing Australia's Marriage Law Postal Survey, struck a nerve.

'I felt silly that it hadn't dawned on me how much of a privilege it was that I'd been able to get married. Not once, but twice,' Natalie said.

Natalie said she came to understand that, for Pip, marriage symbolised something far deeper than tradition.

'The more I listened to Pip the more I realised that for them, marriage wasn't about conformity; it was about being seen and chosen in a world that had for so long told them they weren't allowed to be,' she said. 

The defining moment came soon after.

'I know how you feel, so I'll never ask,' Natalie said Pip told her.

'That comment made me rethink everything. I was rejecting an institution... but why was I holding on to that rejection so tightly?'

Within months, Natalie had secretly begun planning a proposal - complete with a custom-designed ring and a romantic overseas setting.

The couple travelled to New York for her 50th birthday, where she orchestrated an elaborate proposal involving a poet in a park, after an earlier attempt to recruit Noah Reid — best known for Schitt's Creek — fell through.

'I dropped to one knee and pulled out the non-bling bling,' she wrote.

'Spoiler: they said yes!'

Natalie shares daughter Harper, 16, and son Hendrix, 12, with ex-husband Cameron.