Aussie chicken heiress Ruby Steggles tie the knot in high-society wedding after romantic proposal from Swiss business friend
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- Heiress is going to tie the knot with a Swiss trader
- Society wedding on the calendar
Australian chicken heiress Ruby Steggles has announced her engagement to her boyfriend, a Swiss trader.
A photo of the romantic proposal shared on Instagram showed her groom-to-be Olivier Egger on bended knees by the waterfront in Dubai.
Daily Mail Australia understands that Ruby and Olivier have been living in the United Arab Emirates since 2018.
The former Sydneysider has been living in Dubai since 2018
In addition to being heiress to the $490 million chicken and turkey Steggles dynasty, the diminutive brunette is marketing manager for global creative boutique agency Mullen Lowe MENA.
Oliver is a Swiss national and graduated from Princeton, one of the so-called Ivy League universities in the US.
Other photos show the newly engaged couple living it up in Dubai and staying in an exclusive hotel.
Ruby grew up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and graduated from the University of NSW before climbing the corporate ladder and moving abroad.
Steggles has been producing poultry products since 1919.
From humble beginnings in 1919, George Steggles and sons Jack, George and Stan, trading as Steggles Bros in a small shopfront in Newcastle, grew the business into a household name. .
Ruby isn’t the only member of the Steggles clan to get tongues wagging.
In 2018, her older cousin, Lucy Steggles, made headlines after reports surfaced that she was dating Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins shortly after his failed attempt at love on The Bachelor.
The trader, who grew up in Switzerland, asked the question along a pier in Dubai
The pair met ahead of the broadcast of the Bachelor final, during a charity walk of the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea with a group of friends.
The curly-haired reality star is said to have met the blonde beauty through Lucy’s sister’s boyfriend, who is Nick’s trainer.
The romantic proposal continued at an exclusive resort
Reports suggested that the couple had been friends for several years at the time, but their “friendship turned romantic” during the walk.
Sydney is certainly no stranger to heiress – particularly the poultry variety.
Lucy Steggles and Nick Cummins (both pictured, right) bonded while hiking the Kokoda trail
Ruby and Olivier have been living in the United Arab Emirates since 2018
Who could faket Roxy Jacenko’s former ex-best friend Jessica Ingham, cousin of socialite Tamie Ingham.
Like Ruby, Tamie is also about to walk also down the aisle after getting engaged celebrity chef Guillaume Brahimi in what is shaping up to be a big social wedding with a long celebrity guest list.