{"id":24113,"date":"2026-09-02T12:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=24113"},"modified":"2026-09-02T12:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:15:43","slug":"worlds-oldest-person-celebrates-117-years-of-a-nonconfrontational-approach-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/?p=24113","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s Oldest Person Celebrates 117 Years of a \u2018Nonconfrontational\u2019 Approach to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oldest-person-in-the-world-Courtesy-of-Ethel-Caterham-Family-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oldest-person-in-the-world-Courtesy-of-Ethel-Caterham-Family-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oldest-person-in-the-world-Courtesy-of-Ethel-Caterham-Family-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oldest-person-in-the-world-Courtesy-of-Ethel-Caterham-Family-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Oldest-person-in-the-world-Courtesy-of-Ethel-Caterham-Family.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nThe world\u2019s oldest person as acknowledged by the Guinness World Records turned 117 last Friday<\/p>\n<p>Ethel Caterham was born in the United Kingdom on August 21st, 1909, when the great-great grandfather of the current king was sitting on the nation\u2019s throne.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/King-Charles-with-Ethel-Caterham-\u2013-Photo-courtesy-of-family-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/King-Charles-with-Ethel-Caterham-\u2013-Photo-courtesy-of-family-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/King-Charles-with-Ethel-Caterham-\u2013-Photo-courtesy-of-family-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/King-Charles-with-Ethel-Caterham-\u2013-Photo-courtesy-of-family.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nMeeting King Charles III in September 2025 \u2013 Courtesy of Ethel Caterham Family<br \/>\nShe was the 7th of 8 children, and told ABC News in an emailed statement that she attributes her longevity to a \u201cnonconfrontational\u201d attitude in life; never arguing, while rarely compromising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for all of the kind birthday wishes,\u201d said told the American network. \u201cEven at 117, I\u2019ve had many firsts this year, from stroking a llama to holding hands with the King! I\u2019ve had a lovely day celebrating with my family and friends, and I look forward to seeing what next year brings!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She has outlived her husband by 50 years, as well as her two daughters, and today enjoys the care and company of 3 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.<br \/>\nIn her youth she loved travel, and worked as a nanny for a British family living in India. The work allowed her 3 years to explore the subcontinent where she met her husband Norman, a major in the British Army.<\/p>\n<p>She becomes the oldest person alive after a Brazilian nun, Inah Canabarro Lucas, passed away at 116.<\/p>\n<p>CELEBRATE Ethel\u2019s Birthday By Sharing Her Simple Life Lesson With Your Friends\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s oldest person as acknowledged by the Guinness World Records turned 117 last Friday Ethel Caterham was born in the United Kingdom on August 21st, 1909,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24116,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24113\/revisions\/24116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtimenew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}