The oldest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean is among those being honoured at an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle later after being made an OBE.
In 2024, the then 73-year-old Frank Rothwell beat his own Guinness World Record as the oldest person to row across the Atlantic solo, having made the voyage for the first time in 2021.
He completed the 3,000-mile challenge as part of the World’s Toughest Row, enduring bad weather and winds which capsized his boat and set him off course on several occasions.
The businessman, who owns Oldham Athletic football club, raised more than £1.4m in the two challenges in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK and was made an OBE for charitable services to dementia research.
