Duchess of Kent Passes Away

I always followed news about her- she struck me as quietly dignified, ploughing her own furrow and gaining much respect along the way, seeking no public recognition for her community works.

What did deeply sadden me, however, was the sight of her attending the Duke and Duchess of Sussex' wedding effectively on her own, escorted by -maybe- ?a member of Royal Household.
There were so many members of the Royal Family present, surely one of those could have accompanied her?

My mother would have made jolly sure that no ageing or frail member of the family would turn up to a family occasion without a suitable escort and would have co-opted any junior member of the family to do the honours.

It's your job to look after Great Aunty Alice for the day.

Perhaps she chose her escort

She worked at the school I worked in for 10 years. She was just one of us.

RIP Duchess of Kent. By coincidence, I’ve been looking at Art Deco tiaras in the last few days, and she wore a beautiful diamond bandeau one given to her by Princess Marina on her wedding day.

ixion

I always followed news about her- she struck me as quietly dignified, ploughing her own furrow and gaining much respect along the way, seeking no public recognition for her community works.

What did deeply sadden me, however, was the sight of her attending the Duke and Duchess of Sussex' wedding effectively on her own, escorted by -maybe- ?a member of Royal Household.
There were so many members of the Royal Family present, surely one of those could have accompanied her?

My mother would have made jolly sure that no ageing or frail member of the family would turn up to a family occasion without a suitable escort and would have co-opted any junior member of the family to do the honours.

^It's your job to look after Great Aunty Alice for the day.^

I think the young man, bring young and strong, was probably assisting the Duchess as she was by then frail and, I think, using a wheelchair. He was more a carer than her escort. Perhaps she chose him 🙂

She still looked lovely!

A lovely lady whom I’ve always admired. An example to everyone on how to live a good and useful life.

EkwaNimitee

A lovely lady whom I’ve always admired. An example to everyone on how to live a good and useful life.

Just this. I will never forget her comforting Jana Navotna at Wimbledon. RIP Katharine, Duchess of Kent.

Dignified, elegant, gracious.

GrannyGravy13

MayBee70

Didn’t she teach at a school at one time? She came across as the loveliest of people. RIP

She taught singing/music in a school in Hull

The pupils had no idea who she was. They just knew her as Mrs Kent
Lovely lady sadly missed.

DamaskRose

EkwaNimitee

A lovely lady whom I’ve always admired. An example to everyone on how to live a good and useful life.

Just this. I will never forget her comforting Jana Navotna at Wimbledon. RIP Katharine, Duchess of Kent.

That’s how I remember her. It was absolutely natural and very emotional.

I can remember her wedding too.
She was beautiful, dignified and a Commoner I think which the press liked to dwell on.
Wasn't she a Yorkshire lass?

Lovely lady, and indeed a Yorkshire lass. I watched her wedding on TV, sang in the choir at her installation as Chancellor of the University of Leeds, and received my degree from her.
I admired the way she inspired many children and young people by teaching music, her first love.

I always knew her from the years she presented the women's trophy at Wimbledon. The year she hugged the crying Jana Novotna is a lasting memory.

As a lifelong Republican, I agree absolutely that both the Duke and Duchess of Kent represented the best of the royal tradition.

What greater accolade could she have? No one has a bad word to say about herl.

RIP. One who wore her Royal title with dignity and service but put to one side to do further service.

M0nica

What greater accolade could she have? No one has a bad word to say about herl.

Yes - isn't that the most wonderful epitaph? A woman who lived a life of quiet dignity, doing so much that was good.

I have just read her Obituary in The Times, what a lovely lady.
I knew nothing about her. I was surprised to read that her and the Duke have been "Semi - detached" since the late 60's. She carried that off with dignity.
RIP

She suffered such heartache, miscarriage and still birth in late 70’s, she has been so honest about her severe depression, done as usual with dignity

There's a lovely one hour obituary on Channel 5 at the moment. It will be on +1 at 8.10pm

Sorry. It was made in 2023, so not an obituary

ixion

I always followed news about her- she struck me as quietly dignified, ploughing her own furrow and gaining much respect along the way, seeking no public recognition for her community works.

What did deeply sadden me, however, was the sight of her attending the Duke and Duchess of Sussex' wedding effectively on her own, escorted by -maybe- ?a member of Royal Household.
There were so many members of the Royal Family present, surely one of those could have accompanied her?

My mother would have made jolly sure that no ageing or frail member of the family would turn up to a family occasion without a suitable escort and would have co-opted any junior member of the family to do the honours.

^It's your job to look after Great Aunty Alice for the day.^

Were none of her children there?

Anniebach

She suffered such heartache, miscarriage and still birth in late 70’s, she has been so honest about her severe depression, done as usual with dignity

It wasn't a miscarriage, she caught German measles and was advised to have an abortion. I think that followed by the stillbirth was hard for her to recover from.