Duchess of Kent dies: Katharine was the primary cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
Duchess of Kent Katharine has died on the age of 92, Buckingham Palace introduced on Friday. In a press release, the Palace mentioned she “handed away peacefully final evening at Kensington Palace, surrounded by her household”. The flag at Buckingham Palace has been lowered to half-mast.
Katharine, the Duchess of Kent, was the oldest member of the Royal Household and the spouse of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a primary cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
She was a well-recognized determine on the Wimbledon tennis championships, usually presenting trophies and comforting gamers, most notably consoling a tearful Jana Novotna in 1993.
“The King and Queen and all members of the Royal Household be a part of the Duke of Kent, his kids and grandchildren in mourning their loss and remembering fondly the duchess’s life-long devotion to all of the organisations with which she was related, her ardour for music and her empathy for younger folks,” the Palace mentioned.
A lifelong music lover, the duchess supported many music charities and taught music at a Hull main faculty, the place pupils knew nothing of her royal id and knew her merely as “Mrs Kent”.