Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich Reveals Engagement to Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick—Just 2 Months After Buying New $1.5 Million Home in DC

Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich has marked off some major life milestones in the past couple of months—most recently announcing her engagement to Pennsylvania congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, who popped the question during a romantic trip to the South of France.

The proposal, which took place in a lavender field at sunrise, comes just two months after Heinrich, 36, splashed out $1.5 million on a stunning new home in Washington, D.C., where the White House correspondent has been based for several years now.

Speaking to People about their engagement, Heinrich revealed that she and Fitzpatrick, 51—who had to cut the couple’s trip to France short in order to return to the Capitol to vote on President Donald Trump‘s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’—plan to host a joint housewarming and engagement party in the dwelling, which she snapped up in May.

The four-bedroom, three-bathroom abode would certainly serve as the perfect location for any kind of soiree, offering several spacious living areas, including a sizable kitchen that opens into a large dining room, and a living room that is flooded with natural light.

There is also a finished basement downstairs that has been customized with elegant built-ins and was previously used as a studio apartment space, complete with a bedroom area, a living space, and a full bathroom.

Should guests wish to enjoy the great outdoors, they can do so from the screened porch at the back of the home, or relax on the spacious front porch.

It appears that Heinrich was so keen on the property, she ended up offering to pay over the original asking price of $1.45 million—with the home initially placed on the market at the end of March, meaning it went just six weeks before finding a buyer.

But while Heinrich, who was born in Massachusetts and raised in Maine, has committed to a life in D.C., she confessed in an August 2024 interview with The Boston Globe that she will always view New England as her true home.

“I was just back [in Maine] this weekend for my mom’s birthday and went to Scarborough Beach … and the weekend before that I went to the Vineyard,” she said.

Her close connection to Maine even played a key role in her engagement, with Fitzpatrick opting to buy the ring from her family’s longtime jeweler in Portland, according to People.

“He didn’t ask for any help from me or anyone I know. So I was really surprised he got it spot-on. What I could have asked for, dreamed up myself, he did without even asking,” Heinrich said of the brilliant-cut round diamond.

“It’s really beautiful. Brian did such an amazing job. I’m so impressed with him.”

Though the proposal appears to have gone off without a hitch, Heinrich confessed that the couple’s trip to France did not pan out as they’d initially expected.

Revealing that Fitzpatrick had originally come up with the idea for the South of France proposal after reading a Boston Globe piece in which she confessed it was her dream to see the French Riviera, Heinrich explained that the couple had planned to be in the European country for 10 days.

However, when it became clear that Fitzpatrick would be required to return to D.C. shortly after they took off, they ended up having just 48 hours to spend in France.

Heinrich said she offered her partner the chance to postpone the trip—and began to suspect something more serious was going on when he insisted that they still travel.

“He was like, ‘We are going. We’re going to the lavender fields. All I want is to see the lavender fields at sunrise,'” she said. “All the time I’ve known this man, he has never been desperate to see a field of flowers at dawn. So I had a feeling that [a proposal] was the goal.”

Luckily, the happy couple managed to make the most of the short time they had in the European country, following up the sunrise proposal with brunch at a beach club in St. Tropez, before making their way to Cannes for the remainder of their two-day trip.

Fitzpatrick then made it back to D.C. in time to cast his vote on the “Big Beautiful Bill,” becoming one of just two Republicans who said “no” to the proposed legislation.

The bill was ultimately passed by the house in a 218-214 vote.