SortI will hold today in the sacred cathedral of Westminster – the largest Catholic church in England – The funeral of Katharine, Duchess of Kent. King Charles III and Queen Camilla, William and Kate, will be present, as well as numerous other Windsor. But the Royal that the principles of Wales have called “unforgettable” and that will forever associated with the world of tennis and Wimbledon, has meant that his last greeting has already entered the annals of modern monarchical history.
King Charles III will be present at the historical funeral of the favorite cousin of Elizabeth II
That of the Duchess of Kent, confidant of Queen Elizabeth II, will be the first British real funeral conducted with a Requiem Mass and a entirely Catholic rite. Katharine herself had given precise provisions before dying and, despite the fact that it is a huge tear to the rule, the cousin Carlo made a historic decision: he who is head of the Anglican Church, instead of the state of England, immediately agreed.
The Duchess of Kent had converted to Catholicism
He died on September 4, in his residence in Kensington Palace, at the age of 92 after a life dedicated to the public service, Katharine, wife of Edoardo, Duke of Kent (e First degree cousin of Elisabetta), had converted to Catholicism in 1994, thus becoming the first English Royal, in over 300 years of history, to reject the Anglican Church to which all the other Royal relatives belong, including the monarch.
Katharine, Duchess of Kent, in Wimbledon, June 1993 (Getty Images)
King Carlo approved a Royal funeral celebrated in a Catholic Church
Yesterday the coffin, wrapped in the royal banner, was moved by Kensington Palacewhere Katharine lived with her family, and was then welcomed in the Cathedral of Westminster with a solemn ceremony. The soldiers of the Royal Dragoon Guardsa prestigious regiment that the Duchess represented in the role of deputy chief Colonel.
The Duke of Kent accompanied by his daughter Lady Helen Taylor, London, September 15, 2025 (Getty Images)
Lady Helen Taylor, the Royal once alongside Armani
In the cathedral a private rite then took place, to which only the immediate family of the Duchess assisted. To accompany his father Duca, also 92 years old and now rather fragile, there were all three children of the couple: George, count of St Andrews, Lord Nicholas Windsor e Lady Helen Tayloran art expert who in the past has been ambassador as well as Musa by Giorgio Armani.
Lady Amelia Windsor (second from the left) and Lady Marina Windsor, London, September 15, 2025 (Getty Images)
The rebellious grandchildren of the Duchess
To complete the funeral procession there were also all the grandchildren of the Duchess, including the model Lady Amelia Windsor and the cousin Cassius Taylor, the so -called Bad Boy of the royal family. Known for his night raids and a little Royal lifestyle, in the past Cassius, 28 years old, has touched the scandal, so much so that Elizabeth II desperate, who also loved him: despite being only 45th in line of succession to the throne, the fact that the boy had chosen a career as DJ just did not go down.