【轉貼】最老齡結婚的夫妻

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英最老夫妻 一見鍾情〔編譯胡立宗／綜合報導〕

英國歷史上最老的新婚夫妻19日完婚，男方是93歲的詹姆士．梅森，女方是84歲的佩
姬．克拉克，兩人歲數合計177歲。

據衛報報導，兩人在失去伴侶後都維持單身。但兩人1個月前在得文郡佩恩頓的日間照顧
中心相遇後，就知道彼此終於找到了真愛。他們說，一開始佩姬問詹姆士是不是常來，
詹姆士則心想這麼美的女子怎麼會是一個人在這？當佩姬說她很孤單時，詹姆士便邀她一
起兜風。3天後，詹姆士就向她求婚。

佩姬說，她連想都沒想就答應了，因為「一遇到他，我就知道他是我要的男人了」，「他
的眼神滿是光彩」。而且，「他總是能逗我開心，我們總能開懷大笑，我們覺得什麼事都
很有趣」，「對我們這個年紀的人，能笑是最棒的事了，笑能解決所有問題」。

詹姆士則說，「永遠沒有太遲了這回事；如果愛對方就娶她啊，以我們的年紀來說，拖拖
拉拉沒什麼意思，我們得趕快了」。佩姬說，他們兩人都相信婚姻，也不可能偷偷摸摸交
往，所以3天後，他就說了「我們最好還是結婚」。

雖然兩人本來打算辦個簡單婚禮就好，佩姬本來還打算穿個套裝就好，但在「合計177歲
的夫妻要結婚」的消息走漏後，佩姬決定還是盛裝打扮一番，而且婚禮上還放著她最喜歡
的歌—男孩特區的No matter what。

老歸老 蜜月不可少
兩人完婚後立刻就要上路度蜜月，雖然不願透露度假地點，但佩姬說「因為是我開車，所
以我們應該不會跑太遠」。至於未來打算怎麼辦，佩姬說「開心啊」，「開心跟歡笑，婚
姻不就是這樣？」

http://news.sina.com.tw/life/cna/tw/2007-08-01/153312636050.shtml

Love at first sight for UK's oldest newlyweds
By Felix Lowe 20/11/2007

Bowled over by his good looks, she, a modern woman in the 21st century,
made the first move, using the time-honoured chat-up line "do you come
here often?".

The ice broken, a smitten James Mason - not the iconic actor, but every bit
the showman - replied "every day". Three days later, after a series of
dates by the seaside, the former Torbay Mayor popped the question to a
proud Peggy Clark.

And now, just weeks after their whirlwind romance started under such
inauspicious circumstances, the couple believed to be Britain's oldest
newlyweds have tied the knot - on the bride's 85th birthday.

The couple, with a combined age of 178, became husband and wife at
Oldway Mansion in Paignton.

Wearing a long white dress, a glittering tiara, a fur wrap and necklace, and
carrying a bouquet of white roses, Mrs Clark arrived in a vintage Jaguar.

Mr Mason, 93, wore a traditional grey top hat and tails, with a white rose
carnation in his lapel.

Arm in arm, the happy couple strolled down the aisle to Boyzone's 'No
Matter What', one of the bride's favourite songs.

Mrs Clark, a retired driver from Paignton, whose first husband of 25 years
died in 1982, described the ceremony as "a fairy tale".

She said she had not wanted to spend another Christmas alone, adding:
"Winter is very cold and lonely at our age." Great grandfather Mr Mason,
a former manager of the Imperial Hotel in Torquay, and a widower for ten
years, said before the ceremony: "It is never too late to fall in love.

"I might be the oldest groom in Britain but I'm also the proudest."
The couple met on her first visit to Paignton Day Centre just five weeks
ago, and began spending time with each other.

Mr Mason said he proposed because "she is so lovely," and Mrs Clark said
she was won over by the handsome man with "twinkling eyes."
"He said the only way to stop people gossiping was to get married. I could
not believe it. He was proposing," she said.

Guests at wedding ceremony included Torbay's current mayor Nick Bye
and Mr Mason's two children, Terry, 65, and Sue, 61. After the ceremony
the couple enjoyed a reception at the Imperial Hotel in Paignton and will
enjoy a honeymoon at a hotel in Torquay.

Ann Harding, manager of Paignton Day Centre, said: "We might have to
start calling it the Love Centre."

Speaking afterwards, registrar Lia (corr) D'Alessandro, said official
records showed that James and Peggy are currently Britain's oldest
newly-weds. She said: "It's very, very sweet. We have checked and it is
certainly the oldest in the country in terms of combined age. "It was
originally going to be a quiet affair. I think it is wonderful they want to
share it with everyone."

They might have broken the British record for oldest newlyweds, but the
world record still stands tall. According to the Guinness Book of World
Records the oldest couple to wed were a French pair who married in 2002,
aged 96 and 94 respectively - a total of 190 years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/19/ncouple119.xml