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Nicky Hilton celebrates engagement to James Rothschild

Nicky Hilton celebrated her engagement to British banking heir James Rothschild at the Hilton family’s annual summer party in the Hamptons.

Nicky was seen showing off her stunning diamond ring at her parents Rick and Kathy Hilton’s soiree at their home in Southampton Thursday night.

Rothschild proposed to Nicky last weekend during a boat trip on Italy’s Lake Como after he made a secret trip from England to the US to ask her parents for her hand in marriage.

James and Nicky met at Lake Como, when both were guests at Petra Ecclestone’s wedding to James Stunt, and began dating in 2011.

Those congratulating Nicky at the party included David Koch, Debbie Bancroft, Robert Zimmerman, Jay McInerney and Anne Hearst, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan and Bettina Zilkha.

Meanwhile, much of the talk was over where the wedding will be.

The Rothschilds own French estate Château Lafite, while the Hiltons have properties in the Hamptons and LA.

A source said, “The wedding will be next summer, but the location has not yet been decided.”