Scots country girls are oldest twins in world

By Lucinda Cameron

Published: 08/02/2012

Two 102-year-old sisters have been recognised as the world’s oldest living twins by the Guinness Book of Records.

Edith Ritchie and Evelyn “Evie” Middleton, born in 1909, celebrated their latest birthday on November 15 last year.

The twins, whose maiden name is Rennie, were born on a farm near Newburgh in Fife when Edward VII was on the throne.

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