‘Happy anniversary, my brown eyed girl’: Pierce Brosnan, 66, and wife Keely Shaye Smith, 56, mark 26 years together in sweet throwback snaps

Mr. Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith shared heartfelt tributes to one another as they celebrated their 26th anniversary on Thursday.

The couple, who met in 1994 and tied the knot in 2001, took to Instagram to share throwback snaps.

Pierce, 66, wrote: ‘My darling angel heart Keely, thank you for bringing such love and beauty into my life, for making these past twenty six years the greatest joy of my life…Happy anniversary my brown eyed girl’.

He shared the sweet words alongside a photo of them beaming at one another from back in the day:

Pierce and Keely met the year before he made his James Bond debut and got married in 2001 at Ballintubber Abbey in his native Ireland.

Pierce is the biological father of three sons, two by Keely – 23-year-old Dylan and 19-year-old Paris – and a 36-year-old called Sean by Cassandra. He is also the adoptive father of Charlotte and Christopher Brosnan, Cassandra’s two children by her first husband Dermot Harris, whose brother was Richard Harris of Harry Potter fame.

Pierce is now a proud grandfather of three – Charlotte’s children Isabella, 21, and Lucas, 14, as well as Sean’s four-year-old daughter Marley May.