As 4-year-olds, they posed as bride and groom in a pretend
wedding at a carnival. Later, barely out of their teens, they married
for real.
And this year, 87 years after that old photo was taken, the one
they fondly refer to as their first wedding rehearsal, the British
couple are celebrating their platinum anniversary after 70 years of
marriage.
"We have been in love from the age of zero," Ron tells the
Telegraph. "We were born in the same maternity hospital – we might have even been born in the same bed."
It wasn't fate, necessarily. In fact, Eileen took some convincing before she eventually agreed to marry Ron in 1943.
"I did not think much of Ron at all," she tells the
Daily Mail. "But I did think he looked handsome in his Navy uniform. To be honest, I liked the look of the uniform more than him."
But 70 years after their wedding day, they can look back and see just how special their bond has been.
"We have had our ups and downs, but we have always got on," Eileen says.
Adds Ron: "We promised to love, honor and obey – and I did all the obeying."
Anyway, there's no backing out now. As Eileen says: "I think we will stay together forever."
Culled from People Magazine...
Ron and Eileen Everest never knew a world without each other. They were
born in the same hospital – he in 1921, she in 1922 – and were friends
practically from birth.
