{"id":9977,"date":"2025-11-26T14:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/?p=9977"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:46:34","slug":"catherine-zeta-jones-and-michael-douglas-celebrate-25-years-of-marriage-with-sweet-throwback-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/strongermarriages\/2025\/11\/catherine-zeta-jones-and-michael-douglas-celebrate-25-years-of-marriage-with-sweet-throwback-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas Celebrate 25 Years of Marriage With Sweet Throwback Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9980\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9980\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/413\/2025\/11\/Jones-Douglas_credit-catherinezetajones-Instagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@catherinezetajones \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beloved Hollywood duo Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are celebrating 25 years of marriage, and fans can\u2019t get enough of their enduring love story.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLegend of Zorro\u201d star, 56, marked the milestone with a heartfelt Instagram post on Nov. 18, sharing a romantic series of photos from their wedding day and beyond. \u201c25 years ago today, I walked down the aisle,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThe intoxicating aroma of flowers, the glow of the candles, the resounding harmonious Welsh choir and you at the end of the long walk waiting for me, looking at me the way only you can. I love you today as I did then. Thank you sweetheart\u2665\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her post included snapshots of the couple posing at the Taj Mahal and kissing on their wedding day, as well as a touching image from \u201cthe first time we met,\u201d showing her gaze fixed on Douglas. Fans filled the comments with love and admiration, with one writing, \u201cHappy Anniversary to the two of you! I wish you both many more blessed years together.??,\u201d and another adding, \u201cIf I don\u2019t get a love like that, I don\u2019t want anything??.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Douglas, 81, shared his own tribute on Instagram, posting a throwback photo of the two embracing. \u201cHappy 25th anniversary, my darling Catherine. Who knew? All my love, Michael \u2764\ufe0f,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRM4u_slBRf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRM4u_slBRf\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Michael Douglas (@michaelkirkdouglas)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The beloved couple first met at the Deauville Film Festival in France in 1998, after Douglas, captivated by Zeta-Jones\u2019 performance in &#8220;The Mask of Zorro,&#8221; asked his publicist to arrange an introduction. Recalling the encounter on &#8220;The Jonathan Ross Show,&#8221; Douglas said he boldly told her, \u201cYou know, I\u2019m going to be the father of your children.\u201d Zeta-Jones quickly replied, \u201cYou know, I\u2019ve heard a lot about you, and I think it\u2019s time that I say goodnight.\u201d Years later, she joked to &#8220;Access,&#8221; \u201cYou know what the worst thing is? He was right!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two got engaged in Aspen, Colorado, during a New Year\u2019s Eve trip in 1999 and tied the knot the following November in a lavish ceremony at New York\u2019s Plaza Hotel, attended by stars including Tom Hanks, Whoopi Goldberg, and Brad Pitt. They\u2019ve since welcomed two children: son Dylan, 25, and daughter Carys, 22.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas and Zeta-Jones, who share a 25-year age gap and even the same birthday, have long been open about how their bond continues to grow. Speaking at the 2019 Golden Globes, Douglas said their love \u201ccontinues to grow,\u201d adding that working in the same industry helps them understand each other\u2019s world. In a 2021 interview on *Today*, he reflected on life as empty nesters: \u201cYou look at each other and go, \u2018Well, it\u2019s just you and me, babe.\u2019 &#8230; All those good years of paying attention to each other are paying off now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple\u2019s devotion\u2014and humor\u2014remain as strong as ever. Last year, Zeta-Jones celebrated Douglas\u2019 80th birthday with a cheeky black-and-white photo of herself in her \u201cbirthday suit.\u201d She captioned it, \u201cAfter over 25 years of sharing my birthday day with my husband, I am running out of gift ideas! This is gift option two, golf balls being option one\u2026 of course ?.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a quarter-century of marriage, countless milestones, and two children grown, Catherine and Michael\u2019s love story continues to be one of Hollywood\u2019s most heartwarming examples of lasting commitment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beloved Hollywood duo Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas are celebrating 25 years of marriage, and fans can\u2019t get enough of their enduring love story. 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