She looks pretty damned good for 116
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King Charles III has made a special visit to the world's oldest person, who told him she remembered "all the girls were in love with you and wanted to marry you".
Ethel Caterham, 116, lives in a care home in Lightwater, Surrey, and is the last surviving subject of Edward VII.
Mrs Caterham became the oldest living person in April following the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas at the age of 116.
After previously revealing she would have swapped her quiet birthday celebration to meet the King, the monarch duly obliged a few weeks later.
Born on 21 August 1909, three years before the Titanic disaster, Mrs Caterham has lived through the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, two world wars and the Covid-19 pandemic.. -
This lady may not have (yet) reached the other's age, but I LOVE her way of staying young and limber through YOGA.
I used to do all those stretches with ease (and more), but never again since my spine was encased in a titanium armature.
I suspect I have Ehler's Dehlers hypermobility Syndrome (the kind where you're extra stretchy). I thought it was enviable from Jr High on up, but not now. I think it was the result of that hereditary disorder - not my daily exercises. In those days they didn't check school-children for scoliosis and the like.
Have a look.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/well/move/102-year-old-yogi-charlotte-chopin.html
