Surrey woman celebrates 115th birthday

Ethel lives at a care home in Lightwater

Author: Grace McGachyPublished 23rd Aug 2024

The UK's oldest person has celebrated her 115th birthday in Surrey.

Ethel Caterham is also the oldest verified living person in Europe and the last surviving subject of King Edward VII, father to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

She was born on the 21st of August 1909 in Shipton Bellinger in Hampshire.

Ethel marked her birthday surrounded by her closest loved ones at Lakeview Care Home in Lightwater.

To mark the milestone the care home has revamped a garden, calling it "Ethel's Garden" as a lasting tribute.

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