{"id":46031,"date":"2025-09-05T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-duchess-of-kent-oldest-member-of-britains-royal-family-dies-at-92\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:30:00","slug":"the-duchess-of-kent-oldest-member-of-britains-royal-family-dies-at-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-duchess-of-kent-oldest-member-of-britains-royal-family-dies-at-92\/","title":{"rendered":"The Duchess of Kent, oldest member of Britain&#8217;s royal family, dies at 92"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Duchess of Kent, the oldest member of Britain&#8217;s royal, has died, the family\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoyalFamily\/status\/1963920121551851554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0on Friday. She was 92.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her Royal Highness passed away peacefully last night at Kensington Palace, surrounded by her family,&#8221; the royals said in a message shared on the family&#8217;s official social media accounts, adding that King Charles III and Queen Camilla, along with all members of the family, joined her husband the Duke of Kent and his children and grandchildren &#8220;in mourning their loss and remembering fondly The Duchess&#8217;s life-long devotion to all the organizations with which she was associated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The duchess, Katharine, spent most of her life \u2013 64 years \u2013 married to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-age-96-britains-longest-reigning-monarch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the late Queen Elizabeth II<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s first cousin Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, whom she met in 1956.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/f3920f4f-f838-4c97-82dd-68fba0310d77\/thumbnail\/620x430\/a99e7d780d8578025986aee8aaee6413\/duke-duchess-of-kent-52115448.jpg#\" alt=\"Duke And Duchess Of Kent \" height=\"430\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/f3920f4f-f838-4c97-82dd-68fba0310d77\/thumbnail\/620x430\/a99e7d780d8578025986aee8aaee6413\/duke-duchess-of-kent-52115448.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/f3920f4f-f838-4c97-82dd-68fba0310d77\/thumbnail\/1240x860\/bd1c2a1a73ce7199f5e1dbb050ca04e2\/duke-duchess-of-kent-52115448.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The Duke and Duchess of Kent are seen at the State Opening of Parliament, Nov. 15, 1995.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Proudly of Yorkshire heritage, Her Royal Highness was best known for her appearances at Wimbledon, where she presented the Ladies&#8217; Singles Trophy for many years, and was also a passionate musician, music teacher and advocate for children and young people&#8217;s welfare,&#8221; a statement on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/the-duchess-of-kent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">royal family&#8217;s website<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The family said she continued playing the piano, organ and violin throughout her life, and noted that, for the last 30 years or so, she had &#8220;focused on her passion for music, stepping aside as a working Member of The Royal Family in 2002 to focus on her private and charitable work in this sector.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/ffff9496-4961-48ab-b54e-c283c8748114\/thumbnail\/620x408\/51c09ead8e386a3fa43a0a21fe5f27dc\/duchess-of-kent-wimbledon-2189559475.jpg#\" alt=\"1993 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship - Women's Singles - Final - Steffi Graf V Jana Novotn\u00e1 \" height=\"408\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/ffff9496-4961-48ab-b54e-c283c8748114\/thumbnail\/620x408\/51c09ead8e386a3fa43a0a21fe5f27dc\/duchess-of-kent-wimbledon-2189559475.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/ffff9496-4961-48ab-b54e-c283c8748114\/thumbnail\/1240x816\/034e69e1136a6ec941b0968e2b7a9448\/duchess-of-kent-wimbledon-2189559475.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">German tennis player Steffi Graf holds the Venus Rosewater Dish aloft after the presentation by British Royal Katharine, Duchess of Kent, after the Women&#8217;s Singles final at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship, in Wimbledon, London, July 3, 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Henning Bangen\/Bongarts\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before leaving her official royal duties behind, she spent years teaching music at an elementary school in Hull, a city in her home region of Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>The duchess&#8217; death makes her husband, the Duke of Kent, the oldest living member of the British royal family at 89.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/6aceaa93-ffd6-423c-9f0b-06ca46534734\/thumbnail\/620x460\/8f159206e5bb46bbc095656d839982b0\/duchess-of-kent-with-diana-52103293.jpg#\" alt=\"Diana Harry Duke Duchess Kent \" height=\"460\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/6aceaa93-ffd6-423c-9f0b-06ca46534734\/thumbnail\/620x460\/8f159206e5bb46bbc095656d839982b0\/duchess-of-kent-with-diana-52103293.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/05\/6aceaa93-ffd6-423c-9f0b-06ca46534734\/thumbnail\/1240x920\/3fe896eca3574cd56929f84250e1994d\/duchess-of-kent-with-diana-52103293.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Princess Diana and a young Prince Harry are seen with the Duke And Duchess of Kent, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Battle of Britain anniversary parade, Sept. 15, 1990.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Longevity is a family trait.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022 at the age of 96, and she was only the fifth longest-living member of her family. 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