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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Leicester

A World War II veteran just married his bride near Normandy's D-Day beaches. He's 100, she's 96

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Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But World War II veteran Harold Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France.

Though perhaps not the wedding of the century, their respective ages — he’s 100, she’s a youngster of just 96 — made their nuptials an almost double-century celebration.

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