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3rd October 2014
11:04am BST

The couple pictured in Venice.
“We are deep in the age of irony. We cherish our guilty pleasure of scepticism. Then here comes George, the crown prince of irony, getting down on one basketball-battered knee and asking the savvy Amal to marry him. And if you think that’s crazy, Amal said ‘Yes!’
“In their tidal wave of generosity, Amal and George present us with one more gift. Hope. No, it’s more than hope. Hope is too ephemeral…It is belief that in this place and at this moment, love is alive and well.”
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