NEW YORK — The daredevil couple who got global attention for climbing to the top of the Empire State Building’s spire during an elaborate marriage proposal managed to upload their engagement pictures — which were posted online as they sat in a holding cell Thursday morning.

“@angela_nikolau and @beerkus are currently unavailable, and we knew this in advance – so this post was pre-scheduled and is now publishing automatically,” the two wrote in an Instagram post that went online 6:30 a.m.

The post had pictures of lovebirds Angela Nikolau and Ivan “Vanya” Beerkus atop the antenna of the famed Midtown skyscraper unfurling a banner 1,454 feet above the ground that reads “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.” They took the images with either the assistance of a drone or from helicopters that photographed their ascent.

There was also a close-up picture of an engagement ring on Nikolau’s manicured hand.

The photos went up as Beerkus and Nikolau were awaiting to see a judge after they were arrested for burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, possession of burglar’s tools and criminal trespass.

Members of an NYPD Emergency Service Unit took the pair into custody as they climbed down Wednesday.

The couple, stars of a 2024 Netflix documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story,” live together in East Orange, NJ, according to police.

The two are known for climbing skyscrapers unauthorized and without ropes or harnesses. Nikolau on her Instagram describes herself as a “Neoartist exploring identity, fear and freedom.”

“My dream is to push the boundaries of what’s acceptable in art,” she writes.

The stunt comes as another couple, superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, are expected to be married at nearby Madison Square Garden this weekend.

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