The Duchess of Kent dies aged 92, Buckingham Palace announces

The Duchess of Kent died at the age of 92, and Buckingham announced the Palace with “Deep Sadness”.

“He passed away at the Kensington Palace, surrounded by his family last night,” he said.

Duchess, Katharine, was the oldest member of the royal family, married the Late Queen Elizabeth’s first cousin, Prince Edward, the Duke of City.

He will be remembered as a familiar figure at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship, where he delivered the cups – and in 1993, he comforted famous losers, including tear Jan Novotna.

King Charles in Balmoral in Scotland was informed of his death late on Thursday, and until the funeral of Duchess, there will be a royal age period with dark clothes and troops on public duties wearing black arm bands.

“All members of the King and the Queen and the royal family participate in the Duke of City, Children and grandchildren by mourning their losses to the Duke of the King and the Queen and the Kingdom and to all organizations, passion for music and young people with love.” He said.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the Duchess of City “he made compassion, dignity and human touch how to bring” praised.

Duchess was a great music lover to support music charities and teach music at a Hull Primary School, known as the “Women’s City”, where students did not know anything from the royal identity of the students.

The date of his funeral was not explained, but it is likely to be a Catholic service in accordance with Duchess’s belief.

It was not confirmed which members of the royal family would be an intense time for Royals and that President Trump approached a state visit. Prince Harry will be in the UK for philanthropy events next week.

Perhaps the most familiar images of Duchess’s life, watching tennis regularly and stepped into the court to reward the appearance of Wimbledon.

He gave a shoulder to cry to Novotna, the defeated – but five years later he was there to deliver the cup to the Czech Tennis star.

Duchess also mentioned him Deep sadness in the death of 49 -year -old Novotna In 2017, cancer.

Duchesses later, a elderly friend’s 12 -year -old son on the attempt to bring the royal box was allegedly fell to Wimbledon officials.

Duchess was born as Katharine Worsley from an aristocratic landowner in Yorkshire and when he married King George V’s grandson in 1961, he became a part of the royal family.

Princess Anne was among the bridesmaid at her weddings at York Minter, the late Queen II. Elizabeth and Prince Charles in the congregation.

The Duchess took over a regular royal royal, but he was an individual way throughout his life.

In 1994, he became Catholic, and he described him as a “long -thought -like personal decision” that had become Catholic for more than 300 years.

The Duchess was taken to the Catholic Church by the Cardinal Basil Hume, the Archbishop of Westminster at that time.

The passage, which was assisted by the Cardinal Hume and is now high -profile support by the Prince of Wales, was volunteered for homelessness.

The Duchess of City and the Duke had three children, but another son was born dead.

This loss in 1977 saw a period of intense emotional turmoil. Duchess, the palace officials at that time as “nervous exhaustion” because of the seven -week hospital appeared after.

It was a much less explanation in mental health and prosperity – but later explained how much he suffered from “acute depression”.

Music was a large part of Duchess’ life, he spoke as a listener and as a musician, including singing in the Bach choir.

His tastes were eclectic – Mozart’s Ave Verrum Corpus BBC Radio 4’s favorite piece on the desert Island disks – But later when he talked about his love of rap in Gangsta.

In the following years, he stepped back from using the Royal HRH title and spent more time to improve music education for young people.

As Katharine city or a female city, it lived a part -time couple from the mid -1990s. Music Teacher at Wansbeck Primary School On Kingston in Hull, parents or students without knowing the royal history.

He talked about talented children who were trapped of deprivation and define the “properties with Berlin walls around” and then formed a charity to help young people access their learning instruments.

The Duchess adopted the power of music to give confidence and belief, and said his time as a teacher: “My connection will always be there. I love those children, I love East Hull, I wouldn’t have stayed there for 13 years.”

Her husband survived by the 89 -year -old Duke of Kent and two sons and one daughter.