{"id":2023101,"date":"2025-09-15T08:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2023101"},"modified":"2025-09-15T08:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T08:19:06","slug":"duchess-of-kent-funeral-details-released-ahead-of-service-to-farewell-royal-at-westminster-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/duchess-of-kent-funeral-details-released-ahead-of-service-to-farewell-royal-at-westminster-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"Duchess of Kent: Funeral details released ahead of service to farewell royal at Westminster Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-10wlkbs-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveIndyHeadlinesNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM dRzeRr\">Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM knvhy\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM kbCQAZ\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 PYnPb sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/morningHeadlines1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Morning Headlines\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Duchess of Kent\u2019s coffin will begin its journey to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/westminster-cathedral\">Westminster Cathedral<\/a> on Monday, the eve of her funeral, led by a military piper. <\/p>\n<p>Adhering to Catholic tradition, the coffin will travel from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/kensington-palace\">Kensington Palace<\/a> for private funeral rites attended by her immediate family.<\/p>\n<p>For the initial minutes, a piper from The Royal Dragoon Guards \u2013 a regiment the Duchess supported as deputy Colonel-in-Chief since its inception in 1992 \u2013 will walk ahead. <\/p>\n<p>Other personnel from the regiment will form the bearer party, carrying the coffin into the cathedral where it will rest overnight in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/duchess-of-kent-funeral-katharine-b2821474.html\">The requiem mass, a Catholic funeral<\/a>, will be held on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>It will be attended by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/the-king\">the King<\/a>, Queen and other senior royals, and will be the first Catholic funeral service held for a member of the royal family in modern British history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 dtmSjA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/05\/18\/8c40930234820c1cd7ae0c2d577f001dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3MTczMzY0-2.81489746.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/05\/18\/8c40930234820c1cd7ae0c2d577f001dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3MTczMzY0-2.81489746.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/05\/18\/8c40930234820c1cd7ae0c2d577f001dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3MTczMzY0-2.81489746.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The Duke and Duchess of Kent after their marriage service at York Minster\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-73974\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 bpFomM hgzWpY\">The Duke and Duchess of Kent after their marriage service at York Minster<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 CXMrn\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katharine, the wife of the late Queen Elizabeth\u2019s cousin the Duke of Kent, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/kent-kensington-palace-wimbledon-the-duchess-steffi-graf-b2820845.html\">died peacefully at home<\/a>, surrounded by her family, on the evening of 4 September, aged 92.<\/p>\n<p>A devout follower of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/roman-catholic\">Roman Catholic<\/a> faith, the duchess <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/duchess-of-kent-death-katharine-b2820853.html\">became the first member of the royal family to convert to Catholicism<\/a> for more than 300 years, doing so in 1994. <\/p>\n<p>It was her wish to have her funeral at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/westminster-cathedral\">Westminster Cathedral<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hers will be the first royal funeral at the cathedral, in Victoria, central London, since its construction in 1903.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 kVbvWq\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/05\/18\/afc5b6578403a285ee44d4075e604a23Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3MTc2MTk2-2.81489799.jpg\" 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class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 CXMrn\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Monday, the funeral rites will include a Vigil for the Deceased and the Rite of Reception, which usually involves the coffin being sprinkled with holy water.<\/p>\n<p>Evening prayers known as Vespers will be taken by Bishop James Curry, Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster and Titular Bishop of Ramsbury.<\/p>\n<p>The King will not be the first monarch to have attended a Catholic funeral, as Queen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/elizabeth-ii\">Elizabeth II<\/a> attended the Catholic state funeral of King Baudouin of the Belgians, at St Michael\u2019s Cathedral in Brussels, in August 1993.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/charles\">Charles<\/a>, when Prince of Wales, went to Pope John Paul II\u2019s funeral, representing his mother the late Queen in 2005, while his son William attended <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-funeral-in-pictures-b2740081.html\">Pope Francis\u2019s funeral mass earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Duchess of Kent\u2019s coffin will begin its journey to Westminster Cathedral on Monday, the eve of her funeral, led by a military piper. 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