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Golden oldies prove it’s never too late for romance
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93 and she’s 84 — but they’ve proved nobody is too old
for romance with a fairytale wedding blessing in Ireland.
It was love at first sight for James Mason and Peggy Clarke when they
first met in a daycare centre at Torbay in Devon last November.
Both widowed, the pair married in a register office three weeks later
and their union was blessed in a 20-minute ceremony on a sunny St. Valentine’s
Day in Killarney last week.
The blushing bride said: “It’s wonderful and at this time
of life it’s a miracle really.”
Recalling how she first met her husband she said: “I looked at James,
at that smile and that twinkle in his lovely blue eyes.”
Husband James said: “If people look they can find a little happiness.
That’s what it all amounts to — a little happiness in the
twilight years of your life.”
Rev Susan Watterson from St. Mary’s Church of Ireland in Killarney
welcomed the happy couple who are believed to be the world’s oldest
newlyweds and described it as a special occasion.
She said: “Just getting to Killarney for the blessing has been quite
an adventure for Peggy and James. Their wedding is an adventure and a
fairytale and we’re delighted to be able to share it with them.”
Peggy — who lived in Ballyhar in Killarney for three years in the
1980s — turned out in a long, ivory-coloured wedding dress, a fur,
short-sleeved jacket and tiara.
James dressed in top hat and tails.
Best man was Killarney mayor Niall O’Callaghan who first met the
couple only two days before. |
