Bill and Hillary Clinton mark 45th wedding anniversary

Power couple married in 1975 after meeting in Yale University Library four years earlier

Hillary Rodham with Bill Clinton at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1979. Getty Images

A 1992 photo shows then Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary embracing. AFP

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton comforts Hillary Rodham Clinton on the set of the news program '60 Minutes' after a stage light unexpectedly broke loose from the ceiling and knocked her down, on January 26, 1992. Getty Images

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary relax in Bedford on February 16, 1992 during a campaign tour. AFP

Bill Clinton, then Arkansas governor, and his wife Hillary in front of the Federal Hall in New York prior of New York presidential primary on April 7, 1992. AFP

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton and running mate Al Gore, flanked by their wives Tipper Gore and Hillary Clinton, wave to supporters before boarding their bus in Columbus on September 23, 1992. AFP

Presidential hopeful Bill Clinton is joined by his daughter Chelsea and wife Hillary during his campaign for the presidency in 1992. Getty Images

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton dances with his wife Hillary at a rally on November 1, 1992 in East Rutherford. AFP

President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton with Pope John Paul II during his visit to Newark, New Jersey in October 1995. Getty Images

British Prime MInister, Tony Blair and his wife Cherie greet Bill and Hillary Clinton before a reception for the US president and first lady at the Council House, Birmingham, in 1998. Reuters

President and Mrs Clinton walk their dog Buddy across the south lawn of the White House to board Helicopter Marine One in March 1998. Buddy was killed by a car near the former president's home. Reuters

President Bill Clinton, his wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea arrive at the Grand Staircase for a receiving line before the White House Millennium Dinner in Washington, DC on December 31, 1999. Getty Images

Former White House pastry chef, Frenchman Roland Mesnier, poses with the Clinton family in Washington in 2004. Reuters

Former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Senator Hillary Clinton visit the damaged Radisson SAS hotel in Amman on November 13, 2005, days after three hotels in the Jordanian capital were bombed. Getty Images

Bill and Hillary Clinton stand near their portraits during an unveiling ceremony at the Smithsonian in Washington on April 24, 2006. Reuters

Democratic presidential candidate and New York Senator Hillary Clinton gets a hug from her husband, former president Bill Clinton, after he introduced her to the huge crowd at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia on April 21, 2008. Reuters

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton attend the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative in New York City. Reuters

Hillary and Bill Clinton chat with James Corden on The Late Late Show on September 30, 2020. Getty Images

Former US president Bill Clinton on Sunday marked the 45th anniversary of his wedding with his wife and former secretary of state, Hillary.

“October 11 was a beautiful day 45 years ago. Still is,” Mr Clinton wrote on Twitter, sharing a photo of the couple together.

"The bride was beautiful too. And still is. Happy anniversary, Hillary. I love you."

Ms Clinton, who served as secretary of state under Barack Obama, responded: “The groom still cleans up pretty well, too. Love you, Bill."

The former top diplomat and first lady also ran for president in 2016, but came second place to Republican rival Donald Trump.

Mr Clinton, originally from Arkansas, met Chicago-born Hillary Rodham at Yale University Library in 1971, when they were studying together at University Law School.

A year later, they worked together on George McGovern’s unsuccessful presidential campaign.

Mr Clinton's first proposal to Ms Rodham, in 1973 in Ennerdale, England, was unsuccessful after she said she needed more time.

They finally married in 1975, after they found a home in Arkansas. A year later, Mr Clinton launched his political career.

In February 1980, they welcomed their first and only child, Chelsea Victoria Clinton.

In 1992, Mr Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the US, beating Republican incumbent George HW Bush, with 370 electoral votes against 168.

He won a second term as president in 1996.

But the power couple's relationship went through some rocky times, most notably after Mr Clinton had an affair with intern Monica Lewinsky between 1995 and 1997, leading to the president’s impeachment.

Despite the difficulties the couple faced publicly and privately, Ms Clinton stood by her husband’s side when he was impeached in 1998, before he was acquitted by the Senate in February 1999.

In her third memoir released  in 2017, she called her husband “her greatest champion”.