Europe’s biggest Lottery winners were last night celebrating their life-changing £161 million prize.

The record EuroMillions jackpot was scooped by husband and wife Colin and Chris Weir, from Largs in Ayrshire, who declared they were “tickled pink” by the sheer size of their fortune.

It catapults them into the Sunday Times Rich List, not far from David and Victoria Beckham.

The couple, who have been married for 30 years and have two children, said they are looking forward to using their new-found wealth to travel the world.

Mrs Weir, 55, a psychiatric nurse, who does not usually drink, said the win was so immense that she even opened a bottle of wine.

She said: “We just sat up. We were so buzzed. We were so full of adrenalin we couldn’t sleep. We couldn’t really do anything except sit. We talked to each other about how absolutely amazing this was. We were tickled pink with the whole notion of winning so much money. It got to about four o’clock in the morning, dawn was breaking – we have a great view from our the back end of our house and we could see the sun coming up. It was just magical. We still couldn’t sleep. We were just full of adrenalin. We even opened a bottle of wine, and I don’t drink.”

Mr Weir, 64, who worked as a TV cameraman and studio manager for 23 years, said: “When we first realised we had won, it felt like a dream. Everything went into slow motion. But it feels like a good thing, something we should not be afraid of but for us to enjoy with the children.”

The lucky couple were unveiled to a blaze of flashbulbs at a press conference, where they re-lived their astonishment at winning the huge prize.

Mrs Weir said: “We are not flashy people. We are not celebrities and we hope that once we have shared our good news we will get some time to go back to being us.”

With their new fortune, the couple want to see the Great Wall of China, visit Ayers Rock (Uluru) in Australia and take in the art galleries of Paris and Russia.

The couple have both had several serious health problems in recent years and have been unable to work. Mr Weir suffered a leg injury and rheumatoid arthritis.

Mrs Weir’s career in nursing spanned 37 years but she stopped three years ago because of poor health. She progressed from being a ward nurse to a clinical nurse manager, specialising in mental health.

Their daughter Carly, 24, is studying photography at college and their son, Jamie, 22, works in a local call centre.