article_snippet: A disabled woman who defied the odds to exchange vows with Paul Annear partner and become Britain's first married couple with Down's syndrome has died aged 45.
article_snippet: The childhood sweethearts met in a home for children with learning difficulties and after falling in love as teenagers they fought a long battle to be allowed to marry.
article_snippet: Andrea and her husband Paul made history in 2004 when She and her husband became Britain's first married couple with Down's syndrome (pictured)
article_snippet: Andrea had a known heart condition related to Andrea disability, and Britain's first married couple relied on a daily carer to check that Britain's first married couple are coping with domestic tasks - but other than that, Britain's first married couple were much like any other married couple.
article_snippet: Britain's first married couple met in a home for children with learning difficulties when Andrea was just three .
article_snippet: They were the first couple with Downs to marry in this country and were inseparable in They time together.
highlights_snippet: Andrea and Paul Annear became first married couple with the disability .
  
highlights_snippet: Pair met in home for children with learning difficulties when Paul Annear was three .
  