With the Queen’s permission, she stepped back from royal duties and taught in a primary school in Hull under the name of ‘Miss Katharine’
With the Queen’s permission, she stepped back from royal duties and taught in a primary school in Hull under the name of ‘Miss Katharine’
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Member of the royal family who performed her duties with modesty and empathy before focusing on her private passions including…
The life of the Duchess of Kent, who stepped away from royal life and became a primary school teacher.
The duchess was known for handing out trophies at Wimbledon but also worked as a music teacher in Hull.
She was once the great beauty at the heart of the royal family, but the late Queen backed her up to the hilt when she traded in…
A member of an aristocratic family, she married the Duke of Kent, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
Duchess ‘passed away peacefully’ at Kensington Palace on Thursday night
The Duchess of Kent dies aged 92, Buckingham Palace announces
