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According to More magazine, Johnny Depp and long-time girlfriend Vanessa Paradis are finally getting married. The couple, who have been together since 1998 and have two children together, have both publicly shunned the idea of marriage in the past. “I never found myself needing that piece of paper,” Johnny told Extra in 2010. But it looks like things have changed for the private couple. The two are planning to tie the knot at a small ceremony this summer in the south of France.

This news makes us wonder: what other celebrity couples waited years before getting engaged?

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The first couple we can think of at the top of our heads is Calista Flockhart & Harrison Ford. This couple, despite their 22 year age gap, happily dated for seven years before they decided to tie the knot in a private ceremony in 2009.

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Megan Fox & Brian Austin Green waited about six years before getting married in 2010. The on-again/off-again couple originally were engaged in 2006, but the couple mutually called it off. When the couple finally got hitched in Hawaii last year, Brian said a huge factor that helped their relationship was Megan’s involvement in raising his son. “Megan has been just so helpful and instrumental in raising him,” he told Parade in 2010.

And lastly, the couple who waited the longest to get engaged (that we can think of) is everyone’s favorite royal couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton. The couple dated off and on for eight years before the prince finally popped the question in 2010.

Can you think of any other celebs who waited 5+ years to get married?