The King has met the world's oldest person - who told him she remembers his investiture as Prince of Wales more than 50 years ago - when "all the girls were in love with him".

Ethel Caterham became the world's oldest person aged 116 in April after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas.

She celebrated her birthday quietly with family in August but said she would mark the occasion properly if King Charles were to visit.

He duly obliged and paid her a visit at her care home in Lightwater, Surrey , on Thursday, just after saying goodbye to US President Donald Trump on Thursday.

Speaking to him in her armchair, she said: "I remember when your mother crowned you in Caernarfon Castle. And all the girls were in love with you and wanted to marry you."

The King, 76,

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