Oh, my.
To say they are an unlikely couple would be an understatement.
She is a 51-year-old grandmother and parish councillor from a village in Cheshire, he is a 27-year-old Arab scrap metal dealer from Jeddah... who just happens to be the son of Osama bin Laden.
But now, after a holiday romance which started when he saw her riding a horse near the Great Pyramid in Egypt, Jane Felix-Browne and Omar Ossama bin Laden have married.
Mrs Felix-Browne, who has been married five times before, met Bin Laden in Egypt last September while she was undergoing treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Her new husband already has a wife and a two-year-old child - under Islamic law men are permitted to have four wives - while Mrs Felix-Browne has three adult sons and five grandchildren.
They married in Islamic ceremonies in Egypt and Saudi Arabia and are now awaiting permission from the authorities in Riyadh to make the marriage official.
Mrs Felix-Browne, who will not be using her husband's name, is also trying to get him a visa so he can visit Britain.
At the moment she lives in Moulton - where she has various jobs including restoring houses and aircraft - and speaks to him every day over the internet
She said she was aware some people would be hostile to her marriage. "I hope people don't judge me too harshly," she told The Times.
The groom: Omar Ossama bin Laden, first met Jane Felix-Browne while horseriding
"I married the son, not the father."
She added: "I just married the man I met and fell in love with - to me he is just Omar. I hope people will take a step back and think what it was like when they fell in love.
"He is the most beautiful person I have ever met. His heart is pure, he is pious, quiet, a true gentleman, and he is my best friend."
After their first encounter in September riding round the Pyramids, the pair got talking on a night ride the next day.
"This was the start of our intense friendship that culminated in our marriage," she told the Sun. "I saw him all day, every day. We rode together, ate together and talked non-stop.
"But we were never alone. Omar had little command of the English language, but there was chemistry there.
"We laughed all the time. We were falling in love.
"Omar said that when he is with me he forgets the world and all his problems."
Mrs Felix-Browne returned to Egypt in April, when she proposed to him. They married the same week in a traditional Muslim ceremony.
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