Britain's oldest triplets

Britain's longest-surviving male triplets will celebrate their 80th birthday tomorrow - and their friends still can't tell them apart. Identical brothers Idwal, Ivor and Morgan Llewellyn share a deep bond.

Morgan said: "We are as close now as when we were little boys - and we help to keep each other young. They wanted to put 240 candles on our cake and we would have no trouble blowing them out. We've still got plenty of puff!"

Retired industrial chemist Morgan recalls a fellow Welshman spotted him in a bar in Greece and shouted: "Hello Ivor".

Widower Morgan said: "It took me the rest of the fortnight's holiday to convince him I wasn't my brother."

All three have celebrated golden weddings but sadly Morgan's wife Pamela and Ivor's wife Megan have died leaving Idwal's wife Vera as the surviving spouse.