Betty Wright was joined by 13 relatives onboard Bolette for a seven-night Scenic Summertime Norwegian Fjords cruise and described it as an experience "far beyond my wildest dreams".

"I’m a great believer in families being together and doing things together," Wright said. "We try to spend as much time together as a family as possible, but we are spread geographically across the world so to have all four generations together can be logistically challenging."

The Fred Olsen team arranged a surprise upgrade for Betty from her single cabin to a Premier Suite, filling her room with balloons and scattering petals on the bed.

She was treated to a private tour of the bridge to meet the captain, presented with three cards with messages from all the 645-strong crew and had a champagne breakfast and dinner party on her big day.

A 100-themed birthday cake was freshly baked by the ship’s galley and was given the seal of approval by Betty, who spent her life working as a baker and achieved a City and Guild’s certificate for her expert cakes.