Buckingham Palace said Katharine, who was married to the late Queen's cousin the Duke of Kent, passed away peacefully last night (September 4) at Kensington Palace surrounded by her family.

The Duchess was brought up on her family’s 4,000-acre Yorkshire estate with her three older brothers and educated at home until 1943, when she became a day pupil at Queen Margaret’s School, York.

She later attended Runton Hill School, a former boarding school for girls in West Runton, near Cromer, and formed a strong relationship with the county, regularly visiting Norfolk during her younger years.

In 1987, she........

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