THE WORLD'S OLDEST PERSON TURNS 116
King Charles sends best wishes to Ethel Caterham, the world's most long-lived woman.
Born on August 21, 1909, in Hampshire, Southern England, she becomes the world's oldest woman at 116 years old. Ethel was born before the Great War while King Edward VII, son of Queen Victoria, great-grandfather of the late Elizabeth II and great-great-grandfather of the current monarch, 76-year-old Charles III, sat on the throne of what was still the British Empire.
Ethel only stopped driving at the age of nearly 100. The secret to her longevity? 'Never arguing with anyone,' she once replied to a journalist.
In addition to countless messages, Ethel also received a personal letter from King Charles III congratulating her on the 'remarkable achievement'.
