It's another indication that Britney Spears is reclaiming control over her future. Over the weekend, the pop star announced she's engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Sam Asghari. The couple shared posts on Instagram on Sunday to share their happy news and show off Spears' ring, a four carat diamond in a setting that's been dubbed "The Britney." It has "Lioness" engraved on the band, which is his nickname for the singer.
Spears and Asghari have been together for five years, and he's seemed like a steadying presence throughout her tumultuous conservatorship battle. Three months ago, she told a Los Angeles judge that the guardianship dictating her financial and personal affairs was robbing her of the autonomy to make life decisions. "I want to be able to get married and have a baby," she said. "I was told right now in the conservatorship I am not able to get married or have a baby." Since that watershed moment in June, she's been slowly asserting her independence. Spears hired her own lawyer this summer, was allowed to start driving again, and even purchased her very first iPad.
