A couple who became the first to marry after meeting on Blind Date have renewed their wedding vows 33 years on.
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00:00We're going to go in. We're going to look at the top of the hill and then we're going to climb.
00:04It's a piece of shit.
00:10Fantastic.
00:12It's a packed church.
00:14Only 17 and a half million people watching this.
00:18That's exciting.
00:2033 years ago.
00:22What a thing.
00:24What a thing.
00:26I'm now going to meet Alex and Sue.
00:29To make their vows.
00:31Again, in the presence of God and his congregation here.
00:37I, Alex, take you, Sue, to be my wife.
00:45To have and to hold, from this day forward.
00:50For better, for worse.
00:52For richer, for poorer.
00:54In sickness and in health.
00:57And in love, to cherish, till death us do part.
01:01According to God's holy law.
01:04And in the presence of God, I make this vow.
01:08I, Sue, take you, Alex, to be my husband.
01:15To have and to hold, from this day forward.
01:18For better, for worse.
01:20For richer, for poorer.
01:22In sickness and in health.
01:24In love and to cherish, till death us do part.
01:28According to God's holy law.
01:30In the presence of God, I make this vow.
01:36Thank you very much.
01:43It's such a lovely thing to do.
01:45And what better place to do it than in this lovely church where we did it first time round.
01:50What's amazing is that of course not only are we renewing our vows today on the 180th anniversary of this fantastic church where we got married.
01:59But we got married 33 years ago.
02:01Practically to this very day.
02:03It was our wedding anniversary yesterday.
02:05So actually to be able to do and renew our vows at an extraordinary time in the presence of a lot of people and God himself is a wonderful thing to do.
02:15So special.