A 73-year-old civil leader has raised eyebrows in his home town after marrying a Filipino bride four decades his junior.

Widower Kit Owen - the deputy-mayor of March in Cambridgeshire - admits met his wife, Aiza, 'on the internet, of course'.

The couple were married today after two years of courting, Mr Owen wouldn't reveal his wife's age but did say she is in her thirties.

He said:

After getting on so well over FaceTime and Whatsapp, it seemed it was time for me to go and meet her in person.

After a year without seeing each other in the flesh, Kit travelled to the Philippines where he met Aiza in real life and spent time with her family and friends.

Kit 'can't remember' how he proposed but says that the couple are very happy.

Credits: Daily Mail