{"id":275736,"date":"2025-09-06T00:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/duchess-of-kent-dies-the-undercover-teacher-who-modernised-the-royal-family-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T00:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:05:09","slug":"duchess-of-kent-dies-the-undercover-teacher-who-modernised-the-royal-family-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/duchess-of-kent-dies-the-undercover-teacher-who-modernised-the-royal-family-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Duchess of Kent dies: The undercover teacher who modernised the Royal Family | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/IDK9kWwHY40\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Duchess of Kent dies: The undercover teacher who modernised the Royal Family | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDK9kWwHY40\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Since the death of Queen Elizabeth in 2022 \u2013 the Duchess of Kent has been the oldest member of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>She was 92.<\/p>\n<p>Many tennis fans will remember the Duchess from the television cameras at Wimbledon during the many years she presented trophies to the champions, once famously consoling a visibly upset Jana Navotna after she\u2019d lost in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Martina Navratalova has even spoken of how her mother was only able to attend Wimbledon to see her win her second final in 1979 because the Duchess of Kent intervened to secure a visa from the then communist regime in Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n<p>Katharine Worsley entered the Royal Family in 1961 when she married Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, a grandson of King George V.<\/p>\n<p>She had grown up in North Yorkshire, the daughter of Sir William Worsely, the 4th Baronet of the Worsley family estate at Hovingham Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Katharine first met her future husband, who was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1956 at Blenheim Palace and continued their relationship while the Duke was stationed at the Catterick army base in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>So, following their engagement, their strong connections to the county led to the couple choosing York Minister for their marriage ceremony rather than opt for a more traditional royal venue like Westminster Abbey or St George\u2019s Chapel in Windsor.<\/p>\n<p>The choice of the Yorkshire city broke six centuries of royal tradition \u2013 and made it the first royal wedding at York Minster since 1328.<\/p>\n<p>But it showed how Yorkshire would have a place in Katharine\u2019s heart, throughout her life.<\/p>\n<p>As the wife of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s first cousin, it put Katharine right at the heart of the British Royal Family and, as a senior royal, she took on duties on behalf of the late Queen.<\/p>\n<p>But given the Worsley family ancestry \u2013 that came as something of a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Through her father, Katharine was actually a descendent of Oliver Cromwell \u2013 the same Cromwell who fought King Charles I and later had him tried and executed.<\/p>\n<p>It led to England\u2019s only period as a republic since the Battle of Hastings with Katharine\u2019s ancestor, Cromwell, installed as Lord Protector.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps those decidedly republican ancestral roots explain, in some small way ,the Duchess of Kent\u2019s unconventional approach to royal life.<\/p>\n<p>After three decades as a working member of the family, she sought \u2013 and received &#8211; permission from Queen Elizabeth to convert to Catholicism in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the death of Queen Elizabeth in 2022 \u2013 the Duchess of Kent has been the oldest member of the Royal Family. 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