Funeral arrangements were announced for Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Kent who died on 4 September 2025, at the age of 92. She was the oldest member of the British Royal Family.
The duchess took on a regular round of royal duties, but throughout her life she also carved out an individual path. Known for her contributions to music and charity, she stepped back from using her royal HRH title and spent more time working to improve music education for young people.
As Katharine Kent, or Mrs. Kent, she lived something of a double life, working from the mid-1990s as a part-time music teacher at Wansbeck Primary School in Kingston upon Hull, without parents or pupils knowing about her royal background.
She became a Catholic in 1994, the first royal to convert to Catholicism for more than 300 years, describing it as "a long-pondered personal decision". There will be a Requiem Mass for her funeral on 16 September, which will be the first royal Catholic funeral in the UK in modern history.
The Duchess is survived by her husband, The Duke of Kent, aged 89, two sons, and a daughter.
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