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Great-gran has kept Easter egg that is "too pretty to eat" for 62 YEARS

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A great-grandmother believes she has the world's oldest Easter egg, after keeping the chocolatey treat for 62 YEARS. Hillion Fern spends £80 a month to house the egg in a cool storage container so it doesn't melt.

Hillion, now 75, was given the egg by her father when she was just 13. She resisted the urge to enjoy the sweet treat after deciding it was 'too pretty'.

She believes that the more than six decades old egg must be a world record holder. "I still remember the day I was given it," she said. READ MORE : The private Manchester millionaire's row where Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan spent their 'happiest years' "It was simply too pretty that I didn't want to eat it.

I thought to myself, 'I'll keep it until Whitsun' but I then never ate it, so then I thought, 'Oh, I will keep it until Christmas' and then Christmas came and went. "It became a bit of a challenge after that to see how long I could hold out." Being a chocolate lover, Hillion, a retired wildlife trust worker, was proud of herself for resisting the urge to devour it.

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