Another special couple celebrating 70 years together – BBC London News

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This week the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary but they aren't the only ones marking 70 years of marriage. Ted and Doris Box from Chingford also married in 1947. They married a few days before Ted was sent abroad on military service. So what is the secret to seven decades of marriage? Sarah Harris reports.

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