I'm ready to settle down with my Aussie lover'

Russell Brand has revealed that he is to shed his bachelor lifestyle for good - to embrace a life of marital bliss.

The 33-year-old comedian, who is currently dating Aussie actress Teresa Palmer, 22, announced last night at the Black Ball that he is finally ready to settle down.

After years of sampling a variety of women across the globe, he told us: 'Yes marriage is definitely a possibility. You may mock but I think I have found the one.

Happy couple: Russell Brand and Teresa Palmer arriving at the Black Ball

'I did talk about babies, that is true, so obviously marriage is the next step.'

The couple have been together for just over a month but ladies' man

Russell seems to have already made up his mind that the young stunner is his soul mate. They were caught smooching and canoodling throughout last night's dinner, and in the cab on the way home.

Loved up: Russell and Teresa share a kiss last night

Marriage on the cards: Russell says he's ready to settle down with the 22-year-old Australian actress

Also at the event at St John's Church in Smith Square - which raised money for Aids charity Keep A Child Alive - were Alicia Keys, Peter Andre, Kelly Rowland and Mischa Barton. Alicia showed her support for US presidential hopeful Barack Obama by changing out of the glamorous dress she wore on the red carpet into a T-shirt bearing his face.

Highlights of her performance included her hit Superwoman, and the Eurythmics hit Sweet Dreams - which she sang with Annie Lennox.

Special guests: Mischa Barton and Alicia Keys, who was wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt, at the bash last night