‘I do what I like’: British woman, 115, claims world’s oldest living person title

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The secret of longevity is to do what you like, according to the 115-year old British woman named the world’s oldest living person. Ethel Caterham, born in 1909, is the first Briton to claim the title of world’s oldest person since 1987, when 114-year-old Anna Williams was the record holder. Caterham, the last surviving subject of Edward VII, acceded to the title after the previous record holder, Inah Canabarro Lucas, a Brazilian nun, died at the age of 116 on 30 April. Caterham, who lives in a care home in Lightwater, Surrey, puts her longevity down to her attitude to...