In a exclusive interview with The Times, Sarah Shephard talks to both Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh about coming out and their same-sex marriage.
When nine million people in Britain ditch their usual Friday night television to watch a hockey match, you know something unusual is happening. It’s almost 12 months since Great Britain’s women’s team won a historic first Olympic gold medal. It was a fiercely dramatic match that would end up being one of the highlights of the Rio Games.
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hootout against the Netherlands. Many of the nine million viewers might樂威壯
have assumed that the double-barrelled duo celebrating on the pitch – captain Kate Richardson-Walsh and midfielder Helen Richardson-Walsh – were sisters. It’s an assumption that the couple, who have been together for nine years and married since September 2013, are used to dealing with.
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