text: Eastbourne (United Kingdom) (AFP) - A 103-year-old man and a 91-year-old woman held their wedding in Britain on Saturday, becoming the oldest couple to get married in the world. 
   
   George Kirby and Doreen Luckie -- together for 27 years -- looked delighted as they tied the knot at a hotel in the seaside town of Eastbourne, southern England, before close friends and family. 
   
   The bride wore a white dress with blue flowers while the groom, a former boxer, was dressed smartly in a suit and tie, and was in a wheelchair following a recent fall. 
   
   With a combined age of 194 years, the pair beat the previous record held by a French couple, Francois Fernandez and Madeleine Francineau, who had a combined age of 191 years. 
   
   Speaking ahead of the ceremony, Luckie said the couple had "no regrets" about not doing it earlier. "We didn't want to bother about marriage before but eventually we did it," she said. 
   
   The couple reportedly have seven children, 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren between them. 
   
   They got engaged on Valentine's Day this year, according to the Daily Mail. 
   
   "I didn't get down on one knee, because I don't think I would have been able to get back up," the newspaper quoted Kirby as saying. ||||| A British couple has broken world records by becoming the oldest newlyweds ever at the combined age of 194. 
   
   Mr George Kirkby and Ms Doreen Luckie, 91, were married on Saturday - the day of Mr Kirkby’s 103rd birthday. 
   
   The pair exchanged vows to become the oldest newlyweds with a combined age of 194 and 281 days, in front of 50 guests and a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records. 
   
   The couple have been living together since 1988, but finally gave in to pressure from their elderly children to make their union official. 
   
   George met Doreen at the age of 76, when he had just divorced, whereas Doreen had become a widow three years prior after 36 years of marriage. 
   
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   George said: "It's about time, really. Doreen keeps me young and I can definitely say we're going to spend the rest of our lives together." 
   
   Doreen added: "I wasn't a blushing bride, but I was a bit giddy. It was such a lovely day - and great to see everybody." 
   
   The ceremony took place at at the Langham Hotel in Eastbourne, East Sussex, where the couple live. The hotel is run by George's son Neil Kirby, 63. 
   
   Neil said: "It was a great day - everybody was so happy for them. They are such a beautiful couple. Dad missed his stag do lunch because he wasn't feeling up for it, but Doreen had a hen party luncheon which was a complete laugh with all her golden girls." 
   
   "Long ago we adopted Doreen as our mum, and we're all delighted that she's now a Kirby. 
   
   "I'm not sure if she's going to change her name though. I wouldn't blame her for not, it is about time my dad finally made an honest woman out of her." 
   
   George was born in London in June 1912 and was a talented boxer in his youth, winning all of his 60 fights. 
   
   He joined the Royal Air Force in 1933, where he worked for 25 years as a physical education instructor. 
   
   After a string of jobs following his work at the RAF, he finally gave up work, and lifting dumbbells, at the age of 94, instead tending Doreen's garden in Kent. 
   
   Doreen was born in Brixton in September 1923 and spent much of her career as a shorthand typist for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
target: – A UK couple with nearly 200 years between them tied the knot on Saturday in Britain, in a move that was a long time coming. George Kirby, 103, and Doreen Luckie, 91, are the world’s oldest married couple, according to AFP. The newlyweds have been together (and living together) for 27 years, and have a slew of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren between them. In regards to why they waited so long to marry, Luckie said they just "didn’t want to bother." That changed when Kirby popped the question on Valentine's Day—albeit in a nontraditional way. "I didn't get down on one knee, because I don't think I would have been able to get back up," he explained. The pair married at a hotel in Eastbourne, on the southern English coast, and a Guinness Book of World Records guest was in attendance, reports the Independent. The happy couple were a combined 194 years and 281 days old on their wedding day—three years older than the previous "world’s oldest couple," Francois Fernandez and Madeleine Francineau of France. The Brits met in 1988 through a group that organizes senior friendships, and hit it off right away. Kirby was a recently divorced 76-year-old, and Luckie had been widowed three years prior. As for whether any wild pre-wedding partying occurred, Kirby's 63-year-old son had this to say: "Dad missed his stag do lunch because he wasn't feeling up for it, but Doreen had a hen party luncheon which was a complete laugh with all her golden girls." (Want to stay married til you're 103? Avoid these 5 odd things that up your chances of divorce.)