A romantic¹ street artist proposed² to his girlfriend with a 50ft piece of street art featuring characters from her favourite Disney film.

 

It took Henry Barnes, 28, two days and 30 cans of paint to create the spray-painted masterpiece³ featuring the words Stacey Smith Will You Marry Me.

 

He then took fiancee Stacey Smith, 26, for a coffee and walked past the mural（壁画） illustrated⁴ with characters from her favourite Disney film Beauty And The Beast.

 

Upon realising her other half of three years was actually popping the question, Stacey, a PhD student at Bristol University, burst⁵ into tears before saying 'yes'.

 

She said: 'Henry didn't tell me what he was doing. I knew he was painting but I didn't know what. 'It took him two days to finish the thing but he managed to keep it a secret from me.

 

'He rang me and asked if I wanted to meet up for a drink in Stokes Croft (in Bristol) after work and I didn't have a clue⁶ what was going on.

 

'Henry didn't even say anything to me - I walked around the corner and just saw the piece, it was so unexpected⁷ I just burst into tears.

 

'It did all feel a bit unreal and then Henry got down on one knee. It was incredibly romantic and it also felt very strange because there were a lot of people around who started clapping and cheering.

 

'The whole thing happened so quickly, it was a bit of a whirlwind（旋风） and we have no plans in place yet but we will probably get married next spring.

 

'I really didn't see all this coming but it will certainly be one of those things I always remember.

 

'Everyone has a favourite Disney film and Beauty and the Beast was mine growing up. Henry knew it was my favourite and that's why he used Belle⁸ and the Beast.'

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