I adore stories of people who are head over heels in love getting carried away, doing crazy things, getting lost in the sensation of love. I wasn’t one of those people who thought Tom Cruise was strange to leap over a sofa while declaring his feelings for Katie on The Oprah Show; I thought, how wonderful, look how in love he is!

This week I had a huge smile on my face, then, when I read of the British couple who’ve held 22 (to date) wedding ceremonies across the UK and North and South  America (see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2185283/British-couple-celebrate-love-getting-married-22-times-world.html?ITO=1490). How wonderful is that! This is a bride who gets to wear a lot of wedding dresses…

I was inspired by this cheery tale amid the usual doom and gloom of the papers to hunt out some other extraordinary stories of people showing their love. I hope these brighten your day; but perhaps do not inspire you!

• King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of England in order to marry American socialite and two times divorcée Wallis Simpson. They remained together until Edward’s death.
• King Henry VIII first split from the Catholic Church and set up a whole new church just so he could annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn instead. It didn’t end well!
• Art and Nan Kellam moved to an uninhabited island off the coast of Maine in 1949 so that they could be alone with each other. They remained there together until 1985.
• Angelina Jolie bought her husband, Brad, a little something to say ‘I love you’. An actual waterfall.
• When the love of his life, Persian princess Mumtaz Mahal, died, Emperor Shah Jahan erected a monument in her memory. The Taj Mahal is the world’s largest mausoleum, and took 22 years to build.
• One lovestruck young man named Todd set himself on fire (while wearing a flame-retardant suit, thank goodness), and then proposed to his girlfriend with the words: ‘You make me hot. Will you marry me?’
• A Bristol man made a spoof music video in which he proposed to his girlfriend, then had it screened at a cinema. His girlfriend was rather shocked by the sight of her boyfriend on the big screen, singing in underpants, but she said yes! (See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEkFX_GgrY4 if you’re in the mood for a giggle).

And now I have Michael Bublé’s version of ‘Crazy Love’ stuck in my head…