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Katharine, Duchess of Kent (born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley; 22 February 1933) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent , a grandson of King George V .
Katharine, Duchess of Kent is one royal you may not have heard of. Married to Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent since 1961, the Duchess of Kent has kept a very low profile in recent years.. She is ...
The wedding of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Katharine Worsley took place on Thursday, 8 June 1961, at York Minster in York, England. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, was the eldest son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, while Katharine Worsley was the only daughter and fourth child of landowner Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet.
Duchess of Kent is the principal courtesy title used by the wife of the Duke of Kent. There have been four titles referring to Kent since the 18th century. The current duchess is Katharine, the wife of Prince Edward. He inherited the dukedom on 25 August 1942 upon the death of his father, Prince George, the fourth son of George V.
As the duchess revealed in a new interview with The Telegraph, she quietly served as a music teacher at the Wansbeck Primary School in Hull for 13 years. "I was just known as Mrs Kent," she said ...
The foundation stone of St Mark's, Bromley, laid by the Duchess. After her husband's death, the Duchess of Kent continued to be an active member of the British royal family, carrying out a wide range of royal and official engagements. [1] She was the president of the Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club for 26 years. [2]
Alexandra aged 11 by Hay Wrightson. Princess Alexandra was born on 25 December 1936 at 3 Belgrave Square, London. [1] [2] Her parents were Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.
Lord Nicholas's mother, the Duchess of Kent, had been received into the Catholic Church in 1994. Lord Nicholas himself converted to Catholicism in 2001. [2]On 14 July 2011, Lord Nicholas became an Honorary Vice-president of the Friends of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, an Anglican Ordinariate within the Catholic Church.