Scots childhood sweethearts rekindle romance 60-years later and tie the knot

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Childhood sweethearts who lost touch as teenagers have finally tied the knot in their 70s, after the pandemic kept them 12,000 miles apart for over two years.

Jock Anderson and Elizabeth Robertson – who first met at primary school in the 1950s – were married in Edinburgh after Jock was able to travel from New Zealand when Covid restrictions were lifted.

The couple broke up in the late 1960s but rekindled their romance in the summer of 2019 when Jock, 75, looked up Elizabeth, 74, on Facebook while holidaying in Scotland.

After realising the flames of passion were still burning brightly, Elizabeth flew to New Zealand so they could spend Christmas together and, when he popped the question, she was delighted to say yes.But, just weeks after she returned to Scotland to begin making wedding arrangements, coronavirus hit, keeping the couple stranded on opposite sides of the world.Last week they were finally hitched aboard the floating hotel Fingal – sister ship to Royal Yacht Britannia – in Leith in a ceremony overseen by TV personality Carole Smillie, who is now a humanist celebrant.Elizabeth was finally able to say “I do” to her first love, in front of a small group of 24 close friends.