Woman marries her dead boyfriend

A woman has married her dead boyfriend at a ceremony in France — after getting permission from President Sarkozy. Karen Jumeaux, 22, made use of an obscure French law to wed fiancé — Anthony Maillot — almost two years after he was killed in a road accident. She wrote to President Sarkozy to ask permission for a posthumous wedding, which was granted because she could prove they were already planning to marry. The couple met in 2007 and had a baby boy in 2009, shortly before his death at the age of 20. She tied the knot wearing a white dress and in the presence of family and friends at the town hall ceremony in Dizy-le-Gros, eastern France on Thursday. She said afterwards: ‘I never wanted to do it alone, but fate decided otherwise. Now I am his wife and I will always love him.' From / Gulf News