Boyzone super fan Florence Callender received a special message from Ronan Keating wishing her a happy 107th birthday.
Florence turned 107 on Saturday, October 8 and celebrated at Wellburn House Care Home in Stockton in the UK where she resides. She is often dubbed "our Queen" in the care home.
To mark the special occasion, the self-professed Boyzone and Westlife fan received a special happy birthday message from Ronan. Deputy Manager Lesley Garbutt told Teesside Live: "Her little face lit up - she was over the moon.
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"You could see the sparkle in her eye! If they have Frank Sinatra on in the common room she'll say turn it off and ask if they can put Boyzone on instead." Florence revealed that her favourite Boyzone song is No Matter What.
Talking about her party, Florence said: "All the girls, the staff, came and we had the music on and all the family came too. We had loads [of people come] on Friday too - I had two birthday cakes!" When asked about her favourite drink, she said she likes to drink "all sorts" but that sherry was her splash of choice for the party on Saturday. Despite having a tipple, she said that she had no hangover the following day.
Additionally, the care home had a fireplace filled with cards made out to the 107-year-old. This isn't the first time Florence received an overwhelming amount of birthday cards.
On her 105th birthday in 2020, care home manager Louise Connell said they put a post on social media asking for 105 cards for her birthday, when the country was in and out of lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic. "She ended up everywhere in newspapers," Louise said.
Florence said of her 107th birthday: "There's no one as old as me in here! I have got a card from the Queen [every year since turning 100] and I should have one from the King coming."
Worker Siani Wade said that "everybody loves" Florence at Wellburn House Care Home and talked of how amazing it was that Flo had lived through five Monarchs in her long life.
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