It took a lot of persistence and a heckuva big ring - but Riccardo Mazzucchelli finally persuaded Ivana Trump to say yes.
Trump, 45, announced Tuesday that she planned to marry the 51-year-old Italian businessman, probably in March."Riccardo asked me the first time very early in the relationship and he asked me many times in between and I loved every single time," Trump said Tuesday. "But I had to be sure, I had to be comfortable with the idea of getting married."
Mazzucchelli owns engineering consulting companies in South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. As an engagement ring, he gave Trump a flawless oval Burmese sapphire flanked by heart-shaped diamonds.