Europe's oldest woman turns 114

PUDSEY, England, March 31 (UPI) -- A British great-great-grandmother named Europe's oldest woman last year has celebrated her 114th birthday.

Florrie Baldwin of Pudsey, England, celebrated with family including her daughter, Maisie Worsnop, 89, and grandson David Worsnop, 64, and received her 11th telegram from Queen Elizabeth congratulating her on reaching her advanced age, The Sun reported Wednesday.

"When I'm chatting to people I don't know well and I tell them I've got to go and see my grandmother they often give me a funny look," David Worsnop said. "When my mother told the girl in the post office she wanted a Mothers' Day card, the assistant looked at her as if she was crazy. But my grandmother is amazing, every year we say this will most likely be the last year we will do this. We have been saying that for 14 years but she keeps battling on."

Baldwin was named Europe's oldest woman last year and is believed to be the fourth oldest person in the world.