The Duchess of Kent has d!ed at the age of 92, Buckingham Palace has announced with “deep sorrow”
She “passed away peacefully last night at Kensington Palace, surrounded by her family”, a statement said on Friday, with flags on royal residences, including Buckingham Palace, now lowered to half mast.
The Prince and Princess of Wales said the duchess would be a “much missed member of the family” who had “worked tirelessly to help others and supported many causes, including through her love of music”.
The duchess, Katharine, was the oldest member of the Royal Family, married to Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
She will be remembered as a familiar figure at the Wimbledon tennis championships, where she handed over trophies – and consoled those who had lost, famously including a tearful Jana Novotna in 1993.
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