He managed it, but an increasing number of couples are deciding after 20, 30, 40 years to call it time. Breaking up with your spouse in later life is a different proposition to when you are younger. Your children may be more independent but an empty nest deprives you of the comfort and absorption of caring for them. You are, of course, likely to be poorer, and shared long-time friends often end as shrapnel in the battleground of divorce. Fashion had just fallen for the anti-glitz of the grunge movement and Kate was pitch-perfect, new and exciting.

Source: Daily Mail April 07, 2019 00:35 UTC