Elderly couple secretly elope to Gretna Green on groom's 97th birthday

Daily Record 7 Sept 2026, 03:30 reporters@dailyrecord.co.uk (Gemma Ryder)

Jean Owen, 88, and Robert Thorp, 97, secretly travelled from London to Gretna Green to marry on his 97th birthday.

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