A British couple tying the knot are to break two records as they become the oldest ever newlyweds, with a combined age of 195, and the UK's most elderly groom at 103.

George Kirby and 91-year-old Doreen Luckie from Eastbourne, East Sussex, will marry after first getting together 27 years ago in 1988.

George said: 'I suppose it's about time, really. I definitely don't feel my age. Doreen keeps me young.

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George Kirby and 91-year-old Doreen Luckie from Eastbourne, East Sussex, will marry after first getting together 27 years ago in 1988

George, currently 102, proposed on Valentine's Day and will marry for the third time on June 13 - getting hitched to Doreen in front of 60 guests

'I didn't get down on one knee, because I don't think I would have been able to get back up.'

Between them they have had seven children, 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

They finally decided to make the union official by giving into pressure from their elderly children.

George, currently 102, proposed on Valentine's Day and will marry for the third time on June 13 - getting hitched to Doreen in front of 60 guests.

Doreen said: 'I won't be much of a blushing bride, but I'm getting a bit giddy thinking about it.'

On their wedding day, the pair will have a combined age of 194 years and 281 days - smashing the previous world record of 188 years set by a couple in 2013.

Photo of George Kirby (left) during his career as a boxer. He won every single one of the 60 fights he entered during his life but gave up lifting dumbbells at the age of 90

The pair, started courting in the 1988, when they met through an organisation to find friends for mature people.

George, then 76, had just got divorced while Doreen, who lived in Staplehurst, Kent, had sadly become a widow three years earlier following 36 years of marriage.

She said: 'He used to come to my house. We got on straight away. He liked the roses in my front garden.'

George Kirby and his fiance Doreen Luckie pictured in the 1980's when they met through an organisation to find friends for mature people

The couple quickly became an item and set up home together in 1990, but George only proposed to her on this February 14.

George said: 'We were having dinner and I asked Doreen if she wanted to be married to me for a short time. I was so happy that she said yes.'

The pair will get married at the Langham Hotel, owned by George's son Neil, where they have lived since 2013.

Neil, 63, who will be best man, said: 'We've adopted Doreen as our mum and we're delighted that she's going to become a Kirby.

'We're thrilled that they are going to get married in front of all their proud friends and family.

'Also, it's about time my dad has finally made an honest woman out of her.'

George was born in London in June 1912 and joined the RAF as a physical education instructor in 1933, where he stayed for 25 years.

He was a passionate and talented boxer, winning every single one of the 60 fights he entered during his life.

He finally gave up work, and lifting dumbbells, at the age of 94, although continued to tend Doreen's garden in Kent.

Doreen was born in Brixton in September 1923 and spent much of her career as a shorthand typist for the Director of Public Prosecutions at Temple, where she worked on transcripts for the cases of the Kray twins and Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Sprightly Doreen keeps herself in shape by doing yoga classes on the seafront every week.

Instead of wedding presents, the pair would like to raise as much money as they can for their chosen charities - the Royal Air Forces Association and the Women's Royal Naval Service

In 2009, Geroge was guest of honour at the Army London Regiment at a dinner and charity boxing match

The current Guinness World Record for the oldest newly married couple belongs to Francois Fernandez and Madeleine Francineau

The current Guinness World Record for the oldest newly married couple belongs to Francois Fernandez and Madeleine Francineau, who tied the knot with a combined age of 190 years and 126 days.

A Guinness World Records spokeswoman said: 'We are excited to hear of this incredible marriage and would urge the family to file a Guinness World Records application so we can make their achievement official.'

However, George said: 'We're not doing it for the record, we're getting married because we're in love and it seems like the right thing to do.'