George, 102, couldn’t propose on one knee
LOVED-UP George Kirby will tie the knot with 91-year-old Doreen Luckie – his girlfriend of 27 years.
George and Doreen, who have been “living in sin” in England since 1988, have finally decided to make their union official after giving in to pressure from their elderly children.
George, 102, proposed on Valentine’s Day and they will get hitched on June 13 – George’s third marriage. The couple have had seven children, 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
George said: “Doreen keeps me young, but I didn’t get down on one knee because I don’t think I would have been able to get back up.”
Doreen said: “I won’t be much of a blushing bride, but I’m getting a bit giddy thinking about it.”
On their wedding day, the pair will have a combined age of 194 years and 281 days – smashing the previous world record of 188 years set by a couple in 2013.
The pair, who now live in a hotel in Eastbourne owned by George’s son Neil, 63, started courting in 1988.
George, then 76, had just got divorced while Doreen had sadly become a widow three years earlier following 36 years of marriage.
George said of proposing to Doreen: “We were having dinner and I asked Doreen if she wanted to be married to me for a short time. I was so happy that she said yes.”
George was born in June 1912 and joined the RAF as a physical education instructor in 1933, where he stayed for 25 years.
Sprightly Doreen, a former secretary, keeps herself in shape by doing yoga classes every week.
Instead of wedding presents, they would like to raise money for two charities.