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She met King Charles III in September 2025.","category":"Politics","area":"United Kingdom","publishedAt":"2026-08-22T15:25:17.454Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-22T13:58:47.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-22T15:25:17.454Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":60,"hype":20,"notes":{"trust":"Central claims attributed to Guinness World Records and attributed to the subject, with two independent outlets.","critic":"Reports include quotes from the subject and mention of her longevity, with specific dates and places.","hype":"Headlines are factual and do not overstate the content of the reports."}},"tags":["#EthelCaterham","#Longevity","#OldestPerson","#UKNews","#RoyalFamily"],"entities":["Ethel Caterham","King Charles III","Salisbury Cathedral","Shipton Bellinger","Hampshire","Guinness World Records"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Ethel Caterham celebrated her 117th birthday on Friday, August 21.","She became the world's oldest person in April 2025.","Caterham was born on August 21, 1909, in Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire.","She met King Charles III in September 2025."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Ethel Caterham celebrated her 117th birthday on Friday, August 21. She was born on August 21, 1909, in Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire, and became the world's oldest person in April 2025. Caterham has lived through two World Wars, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Russian Revolution. She also survived Covid-19 in 2020 at the age of 110."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Caterham met King Charles III in September 2025, shortly after her 116th birthday. During their meeting, she recalled his 1969 investiture as Prince of Wales. She married Norman Caterham in 1933, and he died in 1976. The couple had two daughters, both of whom died before her. Caterham lived in Gibraltar and Hong Kong, where she established a nursery school. She drove until she was 97 and played contract bridge into her hundreds."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on birth year"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Salisbury Journal states Ethel Caterham was born on August 21, 1909. Nigerian News states she was born on August 21, 1909. Deník.cz states she was born on August 21, 1909. 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