For her date with the King, it was no surprise that Ethel Caterham opted to pair her sage dress with gold fur-lined sequinned slippers.
Because the 116-year-old - officially the world's oldest person - has always been strong-willed.
As she previously revealed, she believes the secret to her remarkably long life is, 'never arguing with anyone, I listen and I do what I like'.
The meeting with His Majesty at her care home in Surrey on Saturday was just the latest moment in the spotlight for the remarkable supercentenarian.
In April, she humbly took on the mantle of the world's oldest person after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro at the age of 116.
