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Victoria Mary Clarke, the wife of The Pogues star Shane MacGowan, has shared a photo celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n
Clarke, an Irish journalist, and the singer-songwriter have been together for several decades, but only exchanged wedding vows in November 2018.<\/p>\n
MacGowan, known to many as one of the voices behind the Christmas anthem \u201cFairytale of New York\u201d, has suffered ill health for several years. He recently ended a months-long stint in hospital after an encephalitis diagnosis last December.<\/p>\n
In an Instagram post on Sunday (26 November), Clarke shared a paparazzi image from the ceremony showing her in a red dress, laughing, as a suited MacGowan smiles back.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my favourite pictures of our wedding which was five years ago today,\u201d she began her caption.<\/p>\n
\u201cGetting to Copenhagen was quite an achievement and I suppose just getting through some of the stuff that we all went through to get to be still alive was a massive achievement!<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a beautiful thing to feel so much love,\u201d Clarke added, before crediting individual loved ones for their support.<\/p>\n
Prior to his discharge from St Vincent\u2019s Hospital in Dublin on Wednesday (22 November), Clarke had been sharing regular messages of her hope that MacGowan would be able to return home soon.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday (14 November), Clarke shared a photo image of MacGowan wearing a hospital robe and assistive breathing apparatus, while thanking his Pogues bandmates Spider Stacy and Terry Woods for visiting him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just wanted to say a massive thanks to everyone who has been messaging me and @ShaneMacGowan and thank you @spiderstacy and Terry Woods for coming to visit him,\u201d she wrote alongside the picture.<\/p>\n
\u201cLove and prayers for everyone who is struggling right now. Hang in there!\u201d<\/p>\n
In an update posted on Wednesday (22 November) night, Clarke posted an image of MacGowan smiling in a hospital bed wearing a scarf and bobble hat on X\/Twitter.<\/p>\n
Alongside the post, she wrote: \u201cShane got out of the hospital!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are deeply and eternally grateful to all of the doctors and nurses and staff at St Vincent\u2019s it\u2019s the best!<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd special thanks to Tom Creagh and Brian Corscadden for your help.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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