It might not always feel like it (Brangie, we’re looking at you) but love is all around us.
From Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell’s 33-year relationship, which they attest doesn’t need the title of Mr and Mrs to go the distance, to local lovers Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski becoming the first Australian Bachelor couple set to walk down the aisle.
The big L manifests itself in all glorious kinds of ways.
Perhaps hopeless romantic and all-round dream boat Hugh Jackman, who has been married to Deborra-Lee Furness for over 20 years, put it best when he told Good House Keeping in 2011, “The best part about being married is that feeling of being a team. All couples have ups and downs, so having someone you trust is priceless.”
Amen to that, Hugh!
Click through the gallery to check out Hollywood’s longest-lasting couples!
Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell are the ultimate Hollywood pin-up. Despite being together since 1983, they’ve never married. “The question is, ‘Why [get married]?’ It’s not, ‘Why not?’ We love each other. We fight the way people are supposed to fight. We love our lives together,” the actress has revealed.
“I’m very fortunate to be able to have that opportunity and to learn so much from her. What I’ve learned from her throughout the years is that she’s a thinker. She understands the process of success,” businessman Stedman Graham mused of Oprah Winfrey, who he has been with since 1986.
Royally in love! “It’s fantastic having a lovely little family, I’m so thrilled. Catherine has been doing an amazing job as a mother, and I’m very proud of her,” Prince William has said of his wife Duchess Catherine.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambrdige arrive fashionably late at the 2017 BAFTAs
Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski prove you can find love even in the most bizarre circumstances, including reality TV! The Bachelor lovers announced their engagement in December 2015 and hope to tie the knot this year.
“Just being a couple – being able to walk down a red carpet holding her hand, that’s exciting for me. I respect her so much,” proud wife Portia de Rossi has beamed of Ellen DeGeneres. The pair tied the knot in 2008 and have been crazy in love ever since.
They’ve been together since meeting at the 2000 Olympics and it’s fair to say Princess Mary and Prince Fred’s love story deserves a gold medal! With four beautiful children and a rock-solid marriage, these two are the real deal.
“He’s a protector, for sure. He’s just a good human being, and so funny,” Jennifer Aniston explains of husband Justin Theroux.
“We don’t live in Hollywood so [that’s why] it all works out OK,” Sarah Michelle Gellar explained to Woman’s Day of her long-lasting romance with husband Freddie Prinze Jr. The pair tied the knot in 2002 and share two gorgeous children together.
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have one of the happiest marriages in Hollywood! “I still can’t believe my wife goes out with me. If we were in high school and I was just funny, I’d never have the courage to talk to her,” the modest actor, pictured with Rita at their 1988 nuptials with Rita, has said of his other half.
Tom Hanks talks his ever-lasting love with Rita Wilson
Author Zoe Foster Blake and her radio star husband Hamish Blake prove a good sense of humour is the key to keeping things fresh! And after welcoming their bub Sonny together back in 2014, Hamish has a new-found respect for the Go-To creator. “It is just an amazing thing to watch your wife go through. She was a champion,” he said after the birth. Earlier this month, the golden couple confirmed they have a second baby on the way and the nation collectively rejoiced.
“In our relationship, communication is super important. Good friends of ours said, ‘You need to talk it out,’ and if that means raising your voice, you need to raise your voice. Know what you’re talking about. Know where you’re standing as opposed to letting stuff build up, I guess,” Neil Patrick Harris explained of his marriage to David Burtka.
The couple that dresses together stays together! David and Victoria Beckham have never strayed from this mantra throughout their long-lasting relationship and we are all the better for it. “I like Victoria for herself… I’d like her if she worked in Tesco,” David, who officially retired from football in 2013, once sweetly remarked of his wife.
“You were so shy. I couldn’t get a word out of you,” Prince Philip has recalled of his meeting with Queen Elizabeth in 1939. 69 years later, the pair are just as happy now as they were back then.
Barack Obama married Michelle wed in 1992 but he still looks at her like it’s their first date.
The secret to Sarah Jessica Parker’s 20-year marriage with Matthew Broderick? “I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that’s been helpful in my marriage,” SKP has explained.
Pictured in 1997 (L) and then in 2015 (R), Elton John and David Furnish began their relationship in 1995 and two decades later, they have two gorgeous kids and the most glamorous lives in the biz.
Almost 39 years ago Meryl Streep married sculptor Don Gummer and they’ve kept a relatively simple life after having four children. Last year, year the Oscar-winner told Marie Clare, “You just have to keep on doing what you do. It’s the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.”
