On the same day that the King was telling a fellow cancer sufferer that ‘bits don’t work so well once you get past 70’, two of the most powerful men in the world were relishing the idea of living to 150.
The very thought of President Putin of Russia and President of , both of whom are 72, going on for another 78 years, is almost as chilling as the recent sight of China’s military hardware parading through ’s Tiananmen Square. But these two big beasts have other ideas.














