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Guardian Life & Style (US) • Jan. 8, 2026, 5:24 a.m.
My favourite family photo: ‘I bucketed 30 years of tears that day – then smiled my smiliest smile’
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<p>After more than three decades together, Simon Hattenstone and his partner Diane Taylor decided to have a civil partnership. It was a beautiful celebration before the shock of the pandemic</p><p>Diane and I had been living together for more than 30 years, and our children were 28 and 26 when we got civilled.
We’d never wanted to get married. It seemed a bit too pipe and slippers.
It also felt like tempting fate. We were really happy without being married, so why change things?
We’d never wanted to get married. It seemed a bit too pipe and slippers.
It also felt like tempting fate. We were really happy without being married, so why change things?
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