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World’s oldest person shares her secret to a long life as she celebrates 117th birthday

The Independent UK News · 21 August 2026 at 08:27

World’s oldest person shares her secret to a long life as she celebrates 117th birthday

Ethel Caterham has lived through the Titanic disaster, both world wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall and six monarchs

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