Paul and Rachel Chandler are released Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Retired British couple captured by Somali pirates near Seychelles on 23 October 2009 have been released Sun 14 Nov 2010 09.49 EST First published on Sun 14 Nov 2010 09.49 EST Retired British couple Paul Chandler and his wife, Rachel Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Paul Chandler pictured on his boat Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Paul Chandler sails around the Greek islands in June 2006 Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Chandlers' yacht, Lynn Rival, photographed on 28 October 2009 by a Spanish military helicopter off the coast of Somalia Photograph: Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The last diary entry for the Lynn Rival on 23 October 2009 reads: "PLEASE RING SARAH" Photograph: Rex Features Share on Facebook Share on Twitter TV footage of Paul and Rachel Chandler in November 2009 Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Paul Chandler is examined by a doctor in central Somalia on 28 January 2010 Photograph: Mohamed Dahir/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rachel Chandler, pictured in January 2010 Photograph: Mohamed Dahir/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rachel Chandler is examined by doctor Abdi Mohamed Helmi in central Somalia on 28 January 2010 Photograph: Mohamed Dahir/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The president of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, meets the then prime minister, Gordon Brown, on 8 March 2010. Brown urged him to help secure the release of the Chandlers Photograph: Sang Tan/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Paul Chandler disembarks from a plane as he arrives at the airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, today Photograph: Omar Faruk/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rachel Chandler disembarks at Mogadishu Photograph: Omar Faruk/Reuters Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Chandlers with local leaders in the town of Adado after their release Photograph: AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Paul and Rachel Chandler speak at a press conference with Mohamed after their release Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rachel and Paul Chandler talk to each other at the presidential palace in Mogadishu after their release Photograph: Mustafa Abdi/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Paul and Rachel Chandler wave from the British high commission in Nairobi Photograph: Khalil Senosi/AP Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rachel and Paul Chandler stand outside the British high commission in Nairobi after arriving from Mogadishu Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Twitter A note pinned to the gate at the home of Stephen Collett, the brother of released hostage Rachel Chandler, in Bury St Edmunds Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Topics Somalia Piracy at sea Africa