Burton Latimer girl, 12, celebrates third birthday

Leap Birthday: Burton Latimer: Charlotte Duncalf was born on February 29, 2004 and will celebrate her 3rd ever proper birthday next Monday, leap day. (It will be her 12th birthday)
Her brother Zachary Coulter is 3.
Thursday February 25 2015 NNL-160225-192451009 — Leap Birthday: Burton Latimer: Charlotte Duncalf was born on February 29, 2004 and will celebrate her 3rd ever proper birthday next Monday, leap day. (It will be her 12th birthday) Her brother Zachary Coulter is 3. Thursday February 25 2015 NNL-160225-192451009

Charlotte Duncalf, a Year 7 pupil at The Latimer Arts College, was born on February 29, 2004, but normally celebrates her birthday on March 1 each year.

Mum Helen Revett says the occasion makes her feel special.

She said: “A lot of people don’t understand it and I think she likes to explain it to them.

Philip Capps is celebrating his '16th' birthday on February 29

“It makes her feel special because when it comes to a leap year it’s much more of an occasion than a standard birthday.

“At the weekend Charlotte went for a meal with her friends and we made her a special cake.

“I actually went into labour a week late and said at the time I thought she would be born on February 29.”

Also celebrating his real birthday today is Philip Capps of Kettering, who is 64 but has only had 16 ‘proper’ birthdays.