Katie Price has revealed that she and Alex Reid will tie the knot this year, but insisted that they aren’t yet engaged.

Describing Alex as “perfect in every way”, Katie sold the scoop to OK magazine and said:

“I wish I’d met Alex six years ago. He’s perfect in every way. He’s a proper gentleman…Every man I’ve been with, I’d never buy a house with them, never buy a car with them. But I said to Alex, forget my house, we should buy a house together.

“I’m going to downsize so we can both afford it. We’ll have our joint account, whatever we earn together will go in one pot and everything will be paid out of that. It will be completely equal. So there’s no egos, who earns the most. I’ve never done that with a guy and that’s what I’m doing with Alex.”

Presumably reading from a script which Katie handed to him before the interview, Alex said:

“I need Katie. I don’t need her for fame but I need her. It has been a fantastic start to the New Year and it’s going to be even more fantastic now this is happening.

“I actually asked Katie to marry me after my fight in September, so it’s something we’ve been discussing for some time.”

Confirming that the wedding will take place this year Katie said:

This year I will marry Alex and I’m going to have his kids…I’ll change [my name on] my passport, cheque book, everything. I want to be traditional, the way marriage is meant to be.”