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London, May 5 (IANS) Ted Binge, a Briton who has just turned 100, believes that having whisky with breakfast and another glass at night for the past 82 years has helped him reach the grand old age. “It’s never done me any harm, maybe they should put it on prescription,” he insists.

The great-great grandfather now takes about half a bottle of whisky every week. He is quite regular and has a glass in the morning and another before bedtime, Daily Express reported Wednesday.

He has been downing whisky for 82 years.

His birthday last week was marked with a telegram from the Queen and and nine bottles of Scotch from the five generations of his family.

“It’s beautiful, wonderful stuff. I love it. It’s never done me any harm, maybe they should put it on prescription. I had my first taste of it as a young man, when I had a bit of a cold and my father gave me a nip of whisky saying, ‘that will make you feel better’.

“It did the trick and I liked it, so I started having a glass on a morning. I like it straight, as it should be. I always say work as long as you can because it’s good for you. I love to have a laugh and a joke, sometimes a bit of a sing, it keeps you going,”Ted, who lives in York with wife Irene, was quoted as saying.

June Ogden, his daughter, said the “the whole family love him to bits”.

“My parents have rooms next to each other, it’s lovely that they can be together. She always goes to bed earlier than him and in the morning she says ‘Have you been out on the town drinking whisky again?’.”

“She only lets him have a little tot in the morning, but when she goes to bed he sneaks in another quick glass.”

Ted’s favourite whisky is Bell’s but he is also partial to Glenfiddich or Glenmorangie.

The couple have another daughter, Ann, and son, Charles, as well as six grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

They will be celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary in August.