He admitted he had lost ‘his dear love’ speaking out about Amy Winehouse’s tragic death.
But it has now been claimed that Reg Traviss proposed to the Back To Black singer and they were secretly engaged.
Reg, 35, presented Amy, 27, with a diamond ring and she accepted his proposal, The Sun has reported.
Secretly engaged: Amy Winehouse and Reg Traviss are said to have gotten secretly engaged weeks before she died
A source told the paper: ‘Reg asked Amy and of course she said “Yes”. She loved him.’
‘She wanted nothing more than to be his wife and to start a family with him. She wanted to get rid of her demons so badly.’
According to reports the couple became engaged just weeks before her death and were planning a wedding for next year.
Heartbroken: After Amy's death Reg, pictured at the singer's funeral, admitted he had lost his 'dear love'
It has been no secret that Reg, who has been with Amy’s friends and family since her shocking death, has been devastated loosing the singer.
Speaking for the first time since her death he said last week: ‘The last three days have been hell. We have suffered a terrible untimely loss and want peace now.’
'I can't describe what I am going through and I want to thank so much all of the people who have paid their respects and who are mourning the loss of Amy, such a beautiful, brilliant person and my dear love. I have lost my darling who I loved very much.'
Hurting: Reg was seen with Amy's family as they inspected the tributes left outside Amy's Camden home
Amy’s father Mitch paid tribute to Reg speaking at Amy’s funeral last week.
He said: ‘Amy found love with Reg.’
‘He helped her with her problems and Amy was looking forward to their future together.’
He added: ‘She was the happiest she had been in years.’
Amy met Reg just two months after finally splitting from her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
In happier times: Reg is said to have proposed to Amy with a diamond ring and she accepted, pictured in June 2010
Reg, was said to be the antithesis of the tattooed Fielder-Civil, and was credited for keeping Amy on the straight and narrow.
Meanwhile yesterday it emerged that a London drug fixer claims he helped the singer buy £1,200 of crack cocaine and heroin the night before she died.
Tony Azzopardi, who is due to be re-interviewed by police today, alleged he helped the late singer buy the Class A narcotics in the early hours of July 23rd - the same day she was found dead in her London home.
The reasons for Amy's death are unclear, with her father telling mourners she had battled her drink and drugs problems, and the family are faced with a possible three week wait for toxicology reports.
