Duchess of Kent Katharine dies at 92, Buckingham Palace says

Katharine, Duchess of Kent, a former regular at Wimbledon and a devoted music teacher who had long retreated from public royal life, has died at the age of 92, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. The palace said she passed away peacefully late on Thursday at Kensington Palace, surrounded by family, and that the King and Queen and all members of the royal family join the Duke of Kent, his children and grandchildren in mourning her loss.

"It is with deep sorrow that Buckingham Palace announces the death of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent," the palace statement said. The union flag at Buckingham Palace was lowered to half mast and a formal framed announcement will be posted on the railings of the royal residence, the statement added.

Born Katharine Worsley on 22 February 1933 into an aristocratic Yorkshire family, she married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, in a high-profile service at York Minster in 1961. The couple had three surviving children, George, Earl of St Andrews, Lady Helen Taylor, and Lord Nicholas Windsor, and ten grandchildren. Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, the duchess had been the oldest living member...