CHARLOTTE CHURCH - CHARLOTTE CHURCH.S ILLICIT ENGAGEMENT

Bad girl opera singer CHARLOTTE CHURCH has secretly got engaged to her troublesome live-in boyfriend STEVEN JOHNSON.

The teenage minx - who has upset fans by shedding her good girl image by taking up smoking, swearing and being rude to her mum - has caused controversy since she began dating the dance DJ last year (02).

But now the PIE JESU chanteuse, 17, has received an aquamarine stone set in a gold band from Johnson, 18.

However, Church is careful not to wear it on her engagement finger in case her parents see it - because she hasn't told them yet.

A friend of the wayward warbler confesses, "Charlotte has often told her mum she's going to marry Steven, but MARIA hasn't taken it seriously. She knows she can't stop Charlotte seeing Steven. But Charlotte has not told her mother about the engagement.

"She's been flashing the ring to a few close friends. When she is out in public or with her parents she takes it off and puts it on another finger."