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Brit Ethel is world's oldest person at 115
Daily Express
|May 02, 2025
ROBUST Ethel Caterham has been crowned the world's oldest person — and says the reason she's reached the ripe age of 115 is: "I do what I like!"
The supercentenarian is King Edward VII's last surviving subject and believed to be the oldest Briton to have ever lived.
Ethel, who was still driving a classic Triumph Dolomite until she was 97, inherited the title after Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas died aged 116 on April 30.
The former nursery school owner, who lives in a care home in Surrey, also credited her advanced years to "never arguing with anyone".
She added: "I've taken everything in my stride, the highs and lows. I've been all over the world and I've ended up in this lovely home, where everyone is falling over themselves for me, giving me everything I want."
This story is from the May 02, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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