Ethel Caterham, recognised by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest living person, has marked her 117th birthday, becoming one of the few people to reach such an extraordinary milestone.

Ethel Caterham, who lives at Hallmark Lakeview Care Home in Lightwater, Surrey, is spending her birthday on Friday with family and friends.

Ethel Caterham has lived through the Titanic disaster, both world wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall and six monarchs