On Tuesday September 16, Katharine - who preferred to be called Mrs Kent - was laid to rest at Westminster Cathedral, surrounded by Royal Family members.
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The Duke of Kent was emotional as he laid his wife - whom he had been with for 64 years - to rest this afternoon.
Today is Katharine Worsley's funeral and while the Duchess of Kent was the proud mother of three children - two sons and a daughter - she had a 'longing for a large and mutually supportive family'.
Described at the time as 'a long-pondered personal decision by the duchess', Katharine, the Duchess of Kent, was formally received into the Catholic church in January 1994.
Married to the late Queen Elizabeth II's cousin Prince Edward for 64 years, Katharine, the Duchess of Kent, was familiar to tennis fans as a Wimbledon trophy presenter.
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