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Described as "funny and sarcastic" by staff at Gables Care Home where she lives, Rona had her surprise treat arranged by the local council and Buckingham Palace.

Among those introduced to the Royals was Rona Grafton, originally from Teesville, on what was her 100th birthday.

Rona Valency, evacuated from kibbutz Kfar Giladi on 8 October last year, told me she wanted to go home, and that a ceasefire was needed, but that the idea of Lebanese residents returning to these villages gave her “a real sense of unease and fright”.

“The only thing I can hope for is that Hezbollah will not infiltrate these villages and build a new network,” Rona told me.

The film opens with your character Rona at maybe one of her worst moments, in this drunken state at the bar.