Who wouldn’t want to be welcomed back to sunny Manchester by a romantic flash mob and the love of your life down on one knee?

Well that’s exactly what Karen Blackburn got when she touched down at Manchester Airport .

The 42-year-old was greeted by five dancers and two male “security guards” who burst into dance in the middle of the arrivals lounge before fiance Chops Owen, from Stockport , emerged from behind a banner and popped the question.

The heartwarming moment was caught on camera by friends and family who travelled down from Halifax, where the couple live now, to be part of the occasion.

Karen had literally just got off a plane from the Dominican Republic with her daughter Demi, 21, when she was stopped by the fake security guards who told her they needed to search her bag.

It wasn’t long before the mum-of-two cottoned on to what was happening, especially when Bruno Mars’ Just The Way You Are began blaring out of the speakers.

At the end of the song, two of the dancers unveiled a banner reading “Norf, wanna marry Souf?” – the couple’s pet names for each other – and of course Karen gave Chops, 38, the answer she’d been hoping for.

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Chops, who got together with Karen three months ago having known her for a year, said: “I had the ring delivered the day before she went away. I was going to wait until we went to see the Northern Lights in Iceland in October but I couldn’t wait that long and I’m rubbish at keeping secrets!

“I wanted to do something big and show her how much I love her, so I got to work on organising it the day she left.

“I got in touch with the dance group’s management company Contraband International Limited and they put me in touch with Pastiche.

“I told them what songs I wanted and it went from there!”

Accountant Chops, along with Karen’s 18-year-old son and a group of friends arrived at Manchester Airport at around 3.30am – less than an hour before the flight arrived.

“Karen was stopped by the fake security guards who said they needed to search her bag – I think she started to realise something was happening when they didn’t take her somewhere private to do it!”

Chops was hidden in a nearby shop while the dance group busted a move, she later appeared from behind a banner holding a bunch of flowers before getting down on one knee and popping the question.

“She said yes! I still can’t believe it now! I was hiding so didn’t see it live but I’ve watched it back hundreds of times and it’s the best feeling ever!”