Couple who posed as bride & groom at age 4 still going strong at 91

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.
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."