{"id":2026283,"date":"2025-09-16T13:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2026283"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:48:10","slug":"king-charles-leads-royal-family-at-funeral-for-duchess-of-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/king-charles-leads-royal-family-at-funeral-for-duchess-of-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles leads Royal Family at funeral for Duchess of Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Royal Family have turned out in force for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles was the last mourner to arrive at Westminster Cathedral to remember the Duchess, who died on September 4 at the age of 92.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Camilla missed the funeral after developing acute sinusitis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The King, accompanied by Sir Clive Alderton, has arrived at Westminster Cathedral for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time a reigning monarch has attended Catholic Mass on UK soil since the Reformation. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bst19QPIvg\">pic.twitter.com\/bst19QPIvg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Royal Central (@RoyalCentral) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalCentral\/status\/1967935976095060384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Once The King had entered the Cathedral, the Royal Standard was raised above it.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived just before The King as friends and family gathered to pay tribute to Katharine.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Princess Anne and her husband, Sir Tim Laurence, are at the funeral as is the Duchess of Edinburgh. The Duke of Edinburgh is currently visiting Papua New Guinea on behalf of The King.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>As this is a family event, the Duke of York was invited. He arrived with his former wife, Sarah, Duchess of York.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were among the first royal guests to arrive. The sister and brother of the Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra and Prince Michael, were also there with their families.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate family of the Duchess of Kent took their seats just before The King arrived. The Duke of Kent, 89, walked slowly but steadily up the steps of the Cathedral with his daughter, Lady Helen Taylor, at his side.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>His sons, the Earl of St. Andrews and Lord Nicholas Windsor, gathered around him as they were welcomed to the Cathedral on this most difficult of days for them.<\/p>\n<p>It was just hours since they had left after a private Rite of Reception and Vespers service on September 15 during which the coffin of the Duchess of Kent was carried into the Cathedral by a Bearer Party from the Royal Dragoon Guards, of which she was Deputy Colonel-in-Chief.<\/p>\n<p>Her coffin was covered in the Royal Standard and on top was a large wreath of pink and white flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Following the funeral, a private burial will take place at Frogmore.<\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"tbmarker\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\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 royalcentral.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Family have turned out in force for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent. King Charles was the last mourner to arrive at Westminster Cathedral to remember the Duchess, who died on September 4 at the age of 92. Queen Camilla missed the funeral after developing acute sinusitis. 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