Annual UK wife-carrying race ends in joy as winning couple get engaged on finish line
Chris Hepworth proposed to Tanisha Prince after they triumphed in yesterday’sChris Hepworth proposed to Tanisha Prince following their victory in the annual UK wife-carrying raceas a proper married couple.
Race organiser Rob McCaffrey told the couple, both 28: “That is a first for the race. Really glad you put a ring on it.” Dozens of couples braved wind and rain in Dorking, Surrey, for the race, which sees one half of a couple carry the other over a 400-yardOrganisers claim the tradition dates back to the Viking raiders carrying off local British women in 793AD.
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