An elderly couple who have been together for 43 years have finally tied the knot. 74-year-old Colin Jones had asked his girlfriend Pauline Young, 72, to marry him 42 times before she eventually agreed to be his wife.
Proposing every year since the couple first met in 1976, Colin had given up hope that Pauline would say yes - but was stunned when the pensioner decided to pop the question herself last year.
The couple were wed last month on Valentine's Day, at an intimate church ceremony followed by drinks and cake at Pauline's care home.
"When Pauline asked me, I almost fell off the bed," said Colin from Maidenhead.
"I'd been asking her all this time so now she was asking me, I said 'of course I will'."
The couple - who have been together for 43 years - met through their children who went to the same playgroup.
"We literally lived and worked together for 43 years, I have been floating on air ever since," said Colin.
"People say they've been together years but really they have maybe an hour before work and then they see each other in the evenings - we were always together. When we saw each other it was instant, we fell in love - hook, line and sinker. The magic of life allows you to meet people like Pauline, our marriage was a combination of our 43 years together."
The couple initially lived in Newtown, Wales before moving to Malta 14 years ago where they ran a bed and breakfast. Pauline, who was diagnosed with rare neurological condition, Corticobasal Degeneration, made the decision to return to the UK three years ago.
The Sun
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