12-30-2011, 01:18 PM
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|  Recent DD for 70 year old affair, 99 year old BH files for divoce
LONDON: An Italian couple in their 90s will become the world's oldest divorcees, after the husband found out about an affair his wife had in the 1940s.
The 99-year-old man, identified by lawyers only as Antonio C, was going through an old chest of drawers when he made the discovery about his 96-year-old wife of 77 years, named as Rosa C.
He immediately confronted her and demanded a divorce. She reportedly confessed to everything but was unable to persuade him to reconsider his decision.
According to court papers released in Rome this week, Rosa C wrote the letters to her lover during a secret affair in the 1940s, the Telegraph reported.
The couple is now preparing to split, despite the ties they forged for nearly eight decades - they have five children, a dozen grandchildren and one great-grand child.
The couple met during the 1930s when Antonio was posted as a young Carabinieri (National Police) officer to Naples.
The case appears to set a new record, at least for the age of the oldest protagonist - the previous oldest couple to divorce were Bertie and Jessie Wood, both aged 98, from the UK.
The pair ended their 36-year marriage in 2009 when they were both two years away from their 100th birthdays.
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