Ethel Caterham opened the message from Charles III at a celebration at her care domestic in Lightwater, Surrey.
It is assumed Mrs Caterham have become the oldest man or woman in Europe following the dying of a 117-year- antique lady in Spain on Monday.
The King conveyed his "warmest correct wishes" and " was hoping that Ethel enjoys her pretty unique day".Ethel, 115, gets congratulations fro king.
JULIA GREGORY/BBC Ethel Caterham proudly holds her card from the King to mark her a hundred and fifteenth birthdayJULIA GREGORY/BBC
Ethel Caterham proudly holds her card from the King to mark her a hundred and fifteenth birthday
A lady who has simply celebrated her a hundred and fifteenth birthday has obtained a letter from the King congratulating her on a " without a doubt great milestone".
Ethel Caterham opened the message from Charles III at a celebration at her care domestic in Lightwater, Surrey.
It is assumed Mrs Caterham have become the oldest man or woman in Europe following the dying of a 117-year- antique lady in Spain on Monday.
The King conveyed his "warmest correct wishes" and " was hoping that Ethel enjoys her pretty unique day".
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The letter said that “His Majesty turned into heartened to study Ethel’s captivating non-public history”.
Ethel May Caterham (née Collins) turned into born on 21 August 1909 in Shipton Bellinger in Hampshire.
She is notion to be the ultimate surviving problem of Edward VII and the fourth-oldest residing man or woman withinside the world, in step with the Gerontology Research Group.
Mrs Caterham turned into the second one youngest of 8 children.
She said: "We had no television, no radio or anything.
"We needed to make our very own music. There turned into no electricity."
One of her sisters, Gladys, lived to the age of 104.Mrs Caterham has outlived her daughters Gem and Anne.
She has 3 granddaughters and 5 extraordinary grandchildren.
Her birthday turned into marked through a celebration and the willpower of a lawn in her honour at Lakeview Care Home.
Mrs Caterham said: "We had a superb birthday birthday celebration here. There have been such a lot of people."