Britain's oldest person is understood to have set a new world record by having a hip replacement operation at the age of 112.
Gladys Hooper, of Ryde on the Isle of Wight, underwent the surgery after she had a fall and fractured her hip.
Her son, Derek Hermiston, 84, said the operation had gone "splendidly" and had given his mother a "new lease of life".
He said: "She fell at 7 o'clock one morning when she was getting out of bed to go to the loo, her leg gave out and she fell.
"I think she is the oldest person in the world to have a hip operation and the surgeon, Jason Millington, and the anaesthetist were both courageous to take the decision to operate on someone of that age but the operation went splendidly."
Mr Hermiston said that his mother was recovering well after the operation which took place last Friday.
He said: "She is standing but not walking yet, they are taking it rather carefully with her as you never know what happens at that age. She listens to music and she's chatting away."
The Guinness World Records currently lists John Randall as the oldest person to have a total hip replacement at the age of 102 years, three months and 30 days at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in November 2011.
Mrs Hooper was born in Dulwich, south east London, and was brought up in Rottingdean, Brighton, East Sussex, and went on to become a concert pianist, started one of the first hire car companies and later ran Kingscliff House School which went on to become Brighton College.
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