Famous actress (78) proposed to her partner (78) on a train: “Together we are 156 years old, and we’re getting married.”

British actress Maureen Lipman (78) proposed to her partner, business consultant David Turner (78), while they were traveling home from Edinburgh on a train.

The actress and comedian shared that she jokingly asked her partner for his hand on the train — and Mr. Turner said “yes.” “I got down on one knee and proposed to him. To my surprise and panic, he agreed,” she added.

“Later that night, my partner and I decided to tell our children that we’re getting married, even though together we are 156 years old,” Maureen Lipman said.

Always against marriage
“To be honest, I’ve always been against marriage, but while we were on the train from Edinburgh, he mentioned that it was Tu B’Av, a minor Jewish festival, a day when a Jewish woman can ask a man to marry her,” she explained, joking that she “couldn’t resist.”

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The couple has been together since last year, and they made their first public appearance together in November 2023.

Once married
Maureen Lipman was married to Jack Rosenthal from 1974 until 2004 when he passed away from cancer. She later had a long-term relationship with computer expert Guido Castro, who sadly passed away in January 2021 due to COVID.