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The Duchess of Kent’s will be the first royal to have a Catholic funeral as Buckingham Palace confirm the send off will be held at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday. Katharine, wife of the late Queen’s cousin the Duke of Kent, died peacefully at home, surrounded by her close family, late …

Lady Amelia Windsor has shared a touching tribute to her grandmother, the late Duchess of Kent. The young royal took to social media to post a glamorous black and white photo of Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin in her youth. It was accompanied by a simple red heart emoji. The model, …

The Prince and Princess of Wales today gave a loving tribute to the Duchess of Kent, who has died at the age of 92. William and Kate said the Duchess – who became the oldest living member of the Royal Family when Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022 – would be …

Prince Harry will be in Britain next week ahead of the Duchess of Kent’s funeral – but it is not yet known if he will attend. The Duke of Sussex, 40, will return to London for the WellChild Awards on Monday in his first visit to the UK since losing a High Court …

The Duchess of Kent has died at the age of 92, Buckingham Palace has announced today. One of the most glamorous royals of her generation, she was also admired for her determination to forge her own path and life-long dedication to charity work. The Duchess – who became the oldest living …

‘Dodi dead, Di badly injured,’ read the front page of the first edition newspapers that morning. The news that Princess Diana had died in a car crash in Paris broke in the early hours of the morning on August 31, 1997. While the public woke up to the news on the …

Prince Andrew was ‘rude’ to royal staff and once called someone a ‘fat, lardy a***hole’, a former protection officer has claimed. Paul Page, who served at Buckingham Palace between 1998 and 2004, said in new Channel 5 documentary that the Queen’s second son once verbally attacked a fellow protection officer during …

There was a clear sense of the King wanting to reset royal operations after the medical problems which befell the monarchy in 2024. By the end of that year, routine royal news reports would make no mention of his health. He had been around the world, visiting Australia in mid-October …

During her 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II presided over every State Opening of Parliament, bar three. She faced the tricky task of flawlessly reading the Government’s legislative programme while wearing the Imperial State Crown, which weighs 2.3lb (1kg). The Mail’s Robert Hardman revealed in his book Charles III: New King. …

Almost exactly 85 years ago, German bombs struck Buckingham Palace. As the Queen Mother stood among the rubble and debris, she memorably remarked that she could finally ‘look the East End in the face’. It became a point of national pride that she and her husband, King George VI, refused …