SIR – Centurion Irene McCabe looks great (T&A, December 11) and I wish her well. She has seen five monarchs reign over Britain during her life, but I can’t understand why the media highlights this when there are people still living who were born during Victoria’s reign, bringing their total to six.
I myself had seen four monarchs take the throne at the age of 20, and even Irene had seen her five reign long before she reached 100 years, actually at the age of 44.
I suppose the interesting fact is that anyone celebrating their 44th birthday today will only have lived during the reign of the indefatigable Queen Elizabeth II.
As they say, it is all relative.
David Rhodes, Croscombe Walk, Bradford
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