{"id":447729,"date":"2025-09-24T06:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T06:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/447729\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T06:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T06:45:19","slug":"worlds-oldest-person-ethel-caterham-celebrates-116th-with-king-charles-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/447729\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s oldest person Ethel Caterham celebrates 116th with King Charles visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">He laughed as one of Caterham\u2019s granddaughters suggested it was a comment she had heard her grandmother make before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">The pair also reportedly spoke fondly of a Buckingham Palace garden party Caterham attended in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">Caterham said the secret to her long life is \u201cnever arguing with anyone, I listen and I do what I like\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">The world\u2019s previous oldest person, Sister Inah Canabarro of Brazil, died on April 30, passing the auspicious mantle to Caterham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">The supercentenarian has survived her husband Norman and both of her daughters, Gem and Anne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">Born on August 21, 1909, Caterham has lived through a host of major global events, from the sinking of the Titanic to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">She spent time in India, Hong Kong and Gibraltar before she and her family relocated to Surrey, Britain, where she has spent the past 50 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">Now based in a local care home there, Caterham told BBC Radio Surrey last year she has taken life\u2019s \u201chighs and lows\u201d in her stride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI\u2019ve been all over the world and I\u2019ve ended up in this lovely home, where everyone is falling over themselves for me, giving me everything I want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">She celebrated her most recent birthday alongside her three granddaughters and five great-granddaughters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">Earlier in the year, she received a birthday message from the world\u2019s oldest man, Brazil\u2019s Jo\u00e3o Marinho Neto.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">Marinho Neto, 112, posed for a photo with a picture of Caterham and a sign that read Ethel Feliz Anivers\u00e1rio \u2013 \u201cHappy Birthday Ethel\u201d in his native Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">It is believed to be the only interaction between the oldest man and oldest woman in history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He laughed as one of 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