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A couple marked their wedding anniversary by walking down the aisle - 72 years after they first said 'I do'. Edna Schofield and her husband, Keith, both 92, had a second 'wedding' hosted by their family at their home in Skipton, North Yorkshire. (Video via SWNS)
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00:00Oh, I'm so honored to be bringing my mother...
00:04Wait, wait, wait!
00:10No, I can't just say it.
00:12It's alright, you can't worry about that.
00:14I am worried about it.
00:16You don't need to be.
00:18I can't really.
00:26It's too long.
00:28Get married!
00:40Look after him, please, Mum.
00:42Why?
00:44We have gathered here
00:46today
00:48to celebrate
00:50the quite rare
00:5272-year marriage
00:54of Keith
00:56and Edna.
01:00This is not the beginning
01:02of a new relationship.
01:04This
01:06today
01:08celebration
01:10is an acknowledgement
01:12of them being married
01:14for 72 years.
01:16Woo!
01:22Today, after 72 years
01:24of marriage, they will
01:26affirm this bond
01:28formally, publicly
01:30in front of all those
01:32that love them.
01:34that love them.
01:36Keith,
01:38what would you like
01:40to say to Edna
01:42about your 72
01:44years of marriage?
01:48I don't know how she's stood it.
01:50anything else?
01:54No.
01:56She's been
01:58everything that you
02:00expect of her
02:02and more.
02:04she's
02:06never
02:08short of
02:10something to do.
02:12She's been helpful
02:14to everybody else
02:16as well as me.
02:18She's
02:20one in a thousand.
02:22A thousand?
02:24And I love her very much.
02:26One in a million.
02:28Oh, that was good.
02:30Well said.
02:32Well said.
02:34Edna, what would you
02:36like to say to Keith?
02:40I, Keith,
02:42take thee to be my
02:44wedded husband.
02:46Are you doing that bit?
02:48You are doing that bit.
02:50Yeah.
02:52No.
02:54No.
02:56What would you like to say
02:58something about
03:00dancing?
03:02Something nice.
03:06What would you like to say
03:08to Dan?
03:10Seriously?
03:12Well, he was a good golfer.
03:14You played rugby well.
03:16You played rugby well.
03:22You played rugby well.
03:24She said you were a good rugby player
03:26as well.
03:28Oh, was I?
03:30And a good golfer.
03:32A good golfer.
03:34You're a good golfer.
03:36You served up hard to provide me
03:38with a good home finishing up here.
03:40So, the question is
03:42Do you keep
03:46take Edna
03:48to be your lawful
03:50wedded wife again
03:52in sickness and in health
03:54in sorrow
03:56and in joy
03:58for the rest of your life?
04:00No.
04:02Go.
04:04Yeah.
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