Overview

• The monarch visited Caterham at the Lakeview care home in Lightwater on Thursday, meeting her at her residence in Surrey.
• Caterham told him she remembered his 1969 investiture at Caernarfon Castle and joked that “all the girls were in love with you.”
• Charles held her hand during introductions, laughed at the remark and replied with a self-deprecating quip: “Yes well, all that’s left of him anyway.”
• A display beside them featured multiple royal birthday cards, including a framed, signed message marking her 116th birthday and her recognition as the world’s oldest living person.
• Verified in April after the death of Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, Caterham was born on 21 August 1909 and is described as the last surviving subject of Edward VII.