Divorcee, 66, set to become UK’s oldest mother

A 66-year-old is set to become the ­oldest woman to give birth in Britain.

Elizabeth Adeney is reported to be eight months pregnant after having had IVF treatment abroad.



She is four years older than the ­previous record holder, Patricia Rashbrook, who gave birth in 2006, aged 62.

A friend of Adeney said she was still working a five-day week, in perfect health and looking ­forward to what is thought to be her first child. Adeney, a divorcee from Lidgate near Newmarket, Suffolk, runs her own textile company. She had been ­desperate to conceive for years, the unnamed friend said.