"We are all devastated by the loss of Michael and Jeanette in yesterday's tragic accident. They were much loved - and also much in love with each other. We will all miss them terribly. At this difficult time, we would ask, especially for the sake of their children, that the media give us time and space to begin our grieving".
http://www.gnn.gov.uk//Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=140169&NewsAreaID=2
seen at 22:09, 29 December in Foreign and Commonwealth Office News - national.