On New Year's Day last year, Melinda Gates told her Instagram followers that her heart was full as she 'celebrated' her long marriage to Bill, wishing a happy anniversary to 'the man who keeps me dancing through life'.
What a shock it was, then, when we heard this multi-billionaire couple are divorcing after 27 supposedly happy years together.
Now Melinda says her marriage is 'irretrievably broken', and the dancing has stopped.
In a pandemic that has sent divorce rates soaring, especially among older couples, the marital travails of this privileged pair struck a sad chord with many.
If the Gateses, with their unimaginable advantages, can't make it work, who can?