Overview

• The monarch visited Hallmark Lakeview Care Home in Lightwater on Thursday shortly after formally bidding farewell to President Donald Trump at Windsor.
• Ethel Caterham has been recognized as the world’s oldest living person since April following the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, also 116.
• Caterham recalled his 1969 investiture at Caernarfon Castle and told him “all the girls were in love with you,” prompting his quip, “Yes well, all that’s left of him anyway.”
• Charles held her hand as he introduced himself and sat beside her to discuss her memories, including a Buckingham Palace garden party in the 1960s.
• Displayed on a nearby table were birthday cards from Charles and Camilla and from the late Queen, plus a framed letter marking her 116th birthday as her granddaughters looked on.