The article focuses on Lucy Allgood and Harold Allgood, the longest-married couple in Great Britain. The couple married in 1928 and are now both aged 101. During their marriage they have seen 11 prime ministers come and go, plus the abdication of King Edward VIII of England. When the NHS was born in 1948 they had already spent 20 years together, and they celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in 1953.