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When Charles acceded to the throne following the death of his mother the Queen, he became the oldest new monarch in British history.

Now aged 74, the King's coronation will make the role he has waited a lifetime for official; a new, rather important job, at an age where most are shedding responsibilities and spending more time in the garden, with the grandkids, or living the good life on the Costa del Sol - unless you're busy Rod Stewart, in which case you're working on model railways, filling in potholes, and trying to provide free MRI scans to NHS patients.

Princess Elizabeth was just 25 when she became Queen in 1952, the start of a history-making reign. For Charles, now well past state pension age, sovereignty comes at a very different stage of life.

Of course, after all those years as the heir apparent, Charles is well equipped for the public engagements, the royal duties. Spending your golden years in peace and quiet, away from the spotlight, is not an option when your face is set to appear on the UK's banknotes and stamps.

But while many people of retirement age do choose the quiet life, there are plenty of others who, like the King, seize the chance to embark on a new adventure. Here, Sky News speaks to five who are doing things a little differently.

'It was a bit boring the first time. Can we try something different?'
Daredevil grandmother Betty Bromage, 94, from Cheltenham

Before I retired I worked as a nurse and A&E sister, but by 87 I'd moved into assisted living, where they do all the cooking and things for you, and I thought: well, I’m not going to sit here and do nothing. I was never adventurous before that but I just decided I wasn’t going to waste my time. I remembered seeing the Crunchie bar advert with the plane years ago and thought that was interesting, so I got my daughter-in-law to take me to our local airport to see if I could climb on; with a bit of assistance I could. I'm limited because I've had spinal injury, a long history, and I need a walker to get around. There had to be a bit of pushing and shoving to get me up on the wing, but I did it.

The next year, I said to the pilot: "It was a bit boring last time, could you make it a little bit different?" So we did a figure of eight, which was quite nice. Different. When I turned 90, I decided I wanted to do even more. I started off with a wing walk and then a zipwire in Snowdonia - exhilarating. The third thing, I abseiled down Eagle Tower, the tallest building in Cheltenham. That completed my 90th year.

Last year, I did another wing walk and we did a loop-the-loop and a barrel role, and I now have a certificate for the Guinness Book of Records - the oldest female to do a wing walk. I'd like to do more but my eyesight is failing and I've got arthritis in my spine and my neck and it's a bit of a palaver, climbing up. My dear grandson had to get my backside and push me to get on the wing. Once I'm up there, it's all right, but it is a bit of a do.

When I'm up in the air, I'm not frightened. Not a bit. They wouldn't do it if it wasn't safe, this is my answer. I know there's always a chance that something might go wrong. But I was brought up in the war time, just outside Birmingham, and we were bombed regularly. As a 10-year-old, we used to have to go down in the air raid shelter and people were killed in the road next to us. It was just a way of life, so no point getting frightened.

Flying on a plane, the wind is terrific because of the g-force. But it's only minutes you're up there. 900ft I think I went, right up into the clouds. I don't quite know how to explain it. It's exhilarating, a bit of an adrenaline boost. And I do it for charity - I’ve raised about £25-£30,000 over the years for different charities.

I'm enjoying life. I'm not sure I could give any advice to the King, though. Just have a go, maybe. He's played polo, that's a bit riAG百家乐在线官网, I think. But he's the King, he can't take too many risks, can he? They won't let him.

'It's all about taking hold of life by the scruff of the neck'
Yoga and tai chi teacher Dr Jon Hall, 94, from Cleethorpes

My motto is, and I tell all my students: whenever you don't want to do anything - do it. Everyone has the inclination now and again to think they'd like to take it easy. But I think as people get older, that's a fateful idea. I keep myself awfully busy, as my wife Jean will tell you; we've been married for 33 years and I have five children, two step-children, 28 grandchildren, some great-grandchildren and a new acquisition, a great-great-grandchild.

I'm primarily a musician. I taught in every possible type of school and lectured, and did a lot of adjudication, too. I also conducted brass bands - I was with a famous band, Black Dyke Mills, for a couple of years. So music was my main occupation, teaching the next, and I also have a psychology degree. I found yoga about 50 years ago, when I was at university in Birmingham as a mature student. I was passing a sports hall and saw these people lying about doing all kinds of, well, what I thought at the time were weird things. But I was very interested and joined a class. Later on, I went on to teach it myself, and then came tai chi.

Back in Grimsby - I’m a Grimbarian by birth - I formed my own class. I suppose having always been a teacher in all kinds of establishments, I thought it would be quite easy to do. It’s grown from there and I do six hours of hatha yoga a week, which is kind of yoga-meditation, teaching a whole spread of ages; my youngest student is in their 30s and my eldest in their 60s.

Yoga is very good for you, spiritually and physically. I still do pretty much all the poses - I can catch most of the young ones, but occasionally they leave me standing. All my classes are very jolly and happy and we work together, and afterwards we'll often go for a coffee and something to eat. It's a social thing as well as exercise.

Music still comes first for me. I'm in the choir of a church and I teach private pupils. I still adjudicate. I write music, I play the organ and the piano. So I juggle everything. My advice to people later in life is: don't hang back and I'd say the same to the King. Obviously, he'll have tremendous challenges, but apart from his royal duties he should privately aspire to other things; keep very, very active - particularly in the mind - and have his own private methods of keeping fit. Could I teach him yoga? Oh indeed, yes. I couldn't wear a crown as I'm doing it, though.

It's all about taking hold of life by the scruff of the neck. Never thinking 'woe is me', but getting hold of life, living for the now. That's one of my main pet hobbies - teaching people to live in the present. Not in the past, nor worrying about the future. Enjoy now. That's all we've got, isn't it?

'Two of my children live at home. They take no notice'
Dominatrix Sherry Lever, aka Mistress Sofia, 71, from Swindon

If you think men are only interested in younger women, you couldn't be more wrong; one of the reasons I'm so popular is because of my age. Submissives like to be dominated by older women. I'm nearly 72 and my subs are always saying they love me, they worship me, how beautiful I am. It's lovely to be told that when you're a certain age. I used to be a shrinking violet; I had three bad marriages and no confidence. I have three children and if you ask them, they would all say I'm a totally different person now.

In my younger years, I did modelling, then went into hairdressing and cheffing, and a few odd things in between. I never, ever thought about becoming a dominatrix. But after my last husband left, about 10 years ago, I came across a documentary about phone chat girls and thought, I could do that. It's just words, isn't it? So I spoke to my children - they've always been supportive - and I started. I also wrote a blog and then a book, which was very cathartic, and from the phone work I eventually moved into domination in real-life.

Two of my children still live at home and they're quite used to seeing a sissy in a little pink frock with a feather duster. They absolutely take no notice. My son will make jokes like: can you get him to clean my car? They are very supportive because they know exactly what I do.

Dominatrixes are often labelled as sex workers and that couldn't be further from the truth. To a man, every aspect of life has some sort of sexual connotation so of course to them, there is a sexual element, but that doesn't mean I do anything sexual. I don't. My subs know I'm not an escort - nothing against escorts, but I choose not to be one. I'm passionate to get what we do across as I think we've been in the closet long enough. There's nothing wrong with having a kink and we're not sexual deviants. If a man wants to put a dress on and do my housework, who am I to ridicule them? Although I would if they're into humiliation - a lot are.

My oldest client is 84 and always wears leather underpants and I also get young men, too, although I wouldn't go under 21. Subs come to me and know they won't be judged. There are so many who have very high-powered, stressful jobs - judges, you name it - and by the time they leave, their shoulders are no longer hunched, they're smiling. I also have people with problems with alcohol, or are on antidepressants, and this helps them because their fetish or their kink, often that they've had to supress, is being satisfied.

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Different people want different things. I do scenarios, so I've got an old 1960s desk and books, and a mortar and gown, and we do school: stand in the corner, do your lines etc. The younger ones like to be caned, but on my whipping bench, whereas for the older ones the school set-up is nostalgic. I've got a wardrobe full of sissy clothes, where they want to be dressed up in a little maid outfit and put to work. I've got a sin bin in my garden with chains, where I can lock men up. One of the strangest I had was somebody who had a mermaid fetish; he'd put a tale on, sit in a pool, and flap about while I walked round with a cane, telling him what a fool he looked. Could the neighbours see? Well, I'd always go right to the bottom, out of view. I also get adult babies, with a strict rule - they can wear a nappy, but they do not wee in it. That's not acceptable.

I've only had one relationship since I started this, but he just kept on and on about what I do - which was so hypocritical because I met him when he came to be caned. I got to the stage where I just couldn't be bothered anymore. I don't need a relationship. If I was younger, then probably I would, but I'm in my 70s and I don't need a partner. I'm selfish.

It's a fallacy that doms are rich but I make enough to pay my bills. It’s not all about the money. I do training as well, for women of a certain age who have had traumatic experiences like me. And I do that for free, show them the ropes. I’ve got an American lady who wants me to train her on Skype and she’s 77. I like to think of it all as helping people. But I am a sadist and I love what I do, I'd still do it if I won the lottery. I don't want to retire - that would make me old. I said in my book that life begins at 60 because I can honestly say these are the happiest years of my life. I've had a ball.

'I can still do the splits and twirl on one leg'
Reality TV star Jane Buckle, 69, from Hungerford

It would probably be easier to tell you the reality TV shows I haven't been on than the ones I have - everything from The X Factor to Naked Attraction. I'm a rapper as well. Before all this I used to work in an office; when I was younger that's what you did, either a factory or an office. But it was never really me. And then in about 2010, my dad got very, very ill. He was a vibrant man but he got Parkinson's and I dedicated my life to caring for him. I used to really make him laugh and he always said I should do something with my talents. I'm very extrovert and flamboyant and gregarious. I'm only 4ft 11ins so a small person - I'm diminutive in stature, but high in self-esteem.

My father died in 2014 and I was broken-hearted. But that's when I decided to get out there and leave my mark on the world. I joined the Ugly modelling agency in London; I'm not bad looking for someone my age - and I can still do the splits and twirl on one leg. After that, I was on The X Factor and sang Born To Be Wild, wearing a PVC jumpsuit with a rubber snake. Simon Cowell loved me and Rochelle Humes said I was her favourite. I can't sing and I had more chance of flying to the moon than winning, but I made people laugh.

Then there was Come Dine With Me and I such a low score. I'm not a cook; I told everyone I had a virgin oven. But I was there to entertain so I got up to all sorts. I've also done Tattoo Fixers and a lot of OAP shows, like OAPs Behaving Badly and Brits On The Pull In Benidorm.

I wouldn't say this is a job although I do make money from some things I do; I was on the last Celebrity Juice last year with Emily Atack and Joey Essex, and I earned £350 plus £100 taxi home. I'm a born entertainer and this is how I enjoy myself; I don't do drugs, I don't even drink much, but I get the rush from all of this. I've applied to Big Brother and I think I should get my own reality show. You'll probably have seen me most recently on the new show Naked Education. I'm not ashamed; not being cocky but I've got a really nice body for someone my age. I guess that started with Naked Attraction - I didn't get picked but I did get shown on Gogglebox and it was the celebrity one, so Tom Jones knows who I am.

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People know me. I live in a rural area and I stand out - everyone knows Janey B, Naughty OAP. But people know me from all over because of my TV appearances, too. I’m living such a fun life. When I look around me at other people my age, no one is living like me. So to King Charles, I would tell him he has the years of experience, all that knowledge. I am sure he will do extremely well because he had a wonderful mother. That is the guideline: follow in your mother's footsteps, you can't go wrong.

Would my dad be proud? Well, I don't know what he'd say about Naked Attraction. But yes, he'd be proud. When you get older, you've got to remember you haven't got that much time left on this planet, so you need to get out there and embrace life. My advice to people is don't get stuck and never be afraid to try new things. Don't care about what other people think because it’s irrelevant. I'm euphoric in the way I live my life and I'm now the person I always wanted to be.

'My flying is all thanks to Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson'
Pilot Ivan Frost, an 85-year-old grandfather, from Wivenhoe

A few years ago, my wife and I were watching a film called The Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. At the end, I asked her what was on her bucket list and she said it would be to visit Monet’s garden in Giverny in France. I booked it straight away. We had a lovely holiday and afterwards she asked what was on my bucket list. It was flying. I had been in the RAF for my national service but worked as a clerk; the nearest I got to the aircraft was walking past them in the morning on the way to the office. I ended up working in publishing, but I always thought about flying.

I knew an instructor so I asked him for a test flight and I was so excited by it I had another the following week. I was 77 at the time. After that, he encouraged me to try for my private pilot's licence. I did try very hard for three or four years, passed the nine written exams and did three cross-country solo navigation flights, so was well on the way. Then I was ill and in hospital for about three weeks and the written exams expired. I couldn't face doing that all over again as I was over 80 by this time. So now, at the venerable age of 85, I fly occasionally with my instructor, who's a Jet2 pilot, and I also fly with a friend. He has a Cessna 182 and all my learning was on a Robin HR 200.

Recently we flew to Duxford - my instructor did the take-off and landing, but I flew once we got to about 1,000ft - and spent about two hours at the museum there. Then we took off again and I flew it to Felixstowe Dock area and over the water there, where I’ve sailed for years. I've also flown my friend's airplane to Le Touquet, France, and back. That was a wonderful trip; in the backseat I had a friend who was a Lancaster rear gunner who carried out 30 operations over Europe during the war, and I also had a neighbour of mine, a retired doctor. We went to a lovely restaurant for lunch and a walk round the town later.

I have never felt in the slightest bit nervous. It's just exhilarating once you're up there and you're with your instructor with dual controls, so if you make a bad mistake he can take over. It's a wonderful feeling, being in the air, being free, and visiting places that would take you hours on the road.

I've never done aerobatics or anything like that, but I practised exercises. For example, you might practise a forced landing with a dead engine, which I did several times. You’ve got to find a suitable field in which to land, make sure there are no posts or wires or anything about, no obstacles. You don’t actually land, but you go through it all as though you were going to. Fortunately, I haven't had any scary moments.

I've completed 87 hours of flying now. I think it's very important to keep up your hobbies and through flying I've met so many interesting people. It's quite extraordinary. Sailing has been a lifelong hobby of mine too and I've got an MG [car], I’ve had them on and off since I was about 20. I wouldn't be so bold as to offer any advice to the King, but keeping up your hobbies and interests - and social contacts - for anyone as you get older, is absolutely vital.