With a glass of wine each and surrounded by various generations of their family, this pair of sisters are celebrating a remarkable achievement.
With a combined age of 213, they have just been crowned the oldest siblings in the world.Dorothy ‘Dorrie’ Richards is 108 and her younger sister Marjorie Ruddle recently celebrated her 105th birthday - giving them the incredible combined age total.
A spokesman from Guinness World Records has confirmed the sisters officially have the ‘highest combined age of two living siblings’ - 213 years, three months and 27 days.
The proud pair marked their achievement yesterday with a tea party at Marjorie’s nursing home in Peterborough not far from Dorrie’s care home in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Marjorie’s daughter Pat Comber said: ‘We’ve always wondered whether Dorrie and Marjorie were the oldest sisters around and last year decided to find out.
With a combined age of 213, they have just been crowned the oldest siblings in the world.
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