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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

Ethel from Surrey, 115, is now world’s oldest living person

Ethel Caterham celebrated her 115th birthday last August - (Hallmark Luxury Care Homes)

A 115-year-old British woman has become the world’s oldest living person, after the previous record-holder died in April.

Ethel Caterham is the last surviving subject of Edward VII, and has lived through the Titanic disaster, both world wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall and six monarchs.

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