Tragedy hit the British royal family, following the death of the oldest surviving member of the British royal family and Duchess of Kent Katharine Worsley late Thursday September 4.
92-year-old duchess, a talented pianist, organist and singer, at Kensington Palace in west London surrounded by members of her family, Buckingham Palace said in a statement, Friday.
The Octogenarian, was born Katharine Worsley into an aristocratic family in Yorkshire, northern England and had three surviving children in the union with her husband, before their led their separate lives.
According to AFP, she was married in 1961 to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who is a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II and remains, at 89, a working member of the royal family.
The royal family revealed in the statement that: “it is with deep sorrow that Buckingham Palace announces the death of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent”.
“The king and queen and all members of the royal family join the Duke of Kent, his children and grandchildren in mourning their loss and remembering fondly the duchess’s life-long devotion to all the organisations with which she was associated, her passion for music and her empathy for young people,” it stressed.
The duchess, who converted to Catholicism in 1994, became the oldest living member of the royal family following the death of Elizabeth in September 2022.
Reports say, for many years she presented the trophies to winners at Wimbledon, famously consoling the late Jana Novotna when the latter broke down after losing the ladies’ final to Steffi Graf in 1993.
She also made headlines when she spoke out about the severe depression she suffered following an abortion after contracting rubella while pregnant and a later stillbirth.
TheNewspad reports that funeral announcement to be made by the family is being awaited as mourners all over the globe and world leaders continue to send tributes the British royal family.
