14 DAY TRIAL // For confirmation that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are as in love as they were years ago, when they first started dating, just ask one of her closest collaborators, jeweler Robert Procop, who also designed her gorgeous engagement ring.
On occasion of the launch of his new collection, Procop spoke to Us Weekly about the industry's most powerful, mediated and beloved couple – and vouched that they were as solid as ever.
Moreover, Brad and Angie knew from the start theirs would turn out to be a fairytale romance, one that would inevitably see them walk down the aisle.
“Brad and Angelina are a very romantic couple. They always knew they’d be together forever and get married one day, right from the start,” Procop says for the celebrity publication.
Working with the stunning actress on a variety of projects, including her new jewelry line Style of Jolie, whose proceeds will go to charity, Procop has had access to a love story like few others in Hollywood.
He's seen Brad and Angelina in all stages of love and can attest that their relationship has matured over the years, as they eventually settled down and started a family together.
“The relationship may have been all flying planes and riding motorcycles at the start, but any new relationship is exciting that way. Now though, they’ve settled into this wonderfully strong family unit and it’s beautiful how in love they are,” Procop says.
“They’re both lovely, very talented people that compliment each other... when you’re with them, you can see how strongly in love they are,” he adds.
Another proof of their love is this habit they have of offering each other significant presents, mostly jewelry pieces containing hidden messages – which Procop is too gallant to detail.
“Angelina came to me six years ago to create a pendant for Brad as a present. She’s very clever and had this idea that it would be like an ancient tablet, and she researched it looking at old Chinese and Egyptian scripts... [it] has a love letter from him to her inscribed on it,” he says.
Procop also designed Angelina's engagement ring, with which Brad proposed this spring. The two are yet to announce a wedding date – and chances are they won't go public with it and attempt to escape the paparazzi on this special day – but it seems they've already made up their mind on the kind of wedding bands they want.
And Procop is the man who's designing them.
“Over the years, I have been entrusted with some wonderful secrets. I’d never share something that should be between two people and that is very romantic and special and something for them,” he says.