Johnny Depp has reportedly proposed to his long-term girlfriend Vanessa Paradis - an action allegedly inspired by their seven-year-old daughter's terrifying illness earlier this year.

Lily-Rose was rushed to a London hospital in March after contracting the E.coli bacteria, which caused her kidneys to shut down. Filming on Depp's latest movie Sweeney Todd was halted so he could keep a vigil at the youngster's bedside with Paradis.

But now little Lily is back to full health, the star wants to make his relationship with Paradis official, and plans to wed his partner of eight years this summer in the small French village of Plan de la Tour, near St Tropez, according to media reports.

A source from their village in France said that the couple has one of "the strongest relationships in Hollywood but after their daughter was taken ill the family became an even closer-knit unit."

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