A GRIEVING woman has married the love of her life � two years after he was killed in a car crash. An obscure law allowed Karen Jumeaux, 22, to wed Anthony Maillot even though he is dead.
She was granted special permission to tie the knot because she could prove she and Anthony were already planning the ceremony.
They had got engaged after meeting in 2007 and had a baby boy in 2009 � shortly before Anthony died aged 20. Karen finally had her big day in Dizy-le-Gros, eastern France, yesterday after president Nicolas Sarkozy granted her request.
She wore a white dress for the ceremony witnessed by family and friends.
She said afterwards: "Anthony was my first and only love and we were together for four years. "We expected to bring up our son together. I never wanted to do it alone, but fate decided otherwise. "Now I am his wife and I will always love him."
But a French legal expert said if she ever wanted to re-marry, she would have to get a divorce.
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