QUEEN Camilla will not go to the Duchess of Kent’s funeral, the palace has announced.
She has pulled out of attending the funeral of the Duchess of Kent while she recovers from acute sinusitis.
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Katharine – wife to the late Queen’s cousin Prince Edward and the oldest living member of the Royal Family – died earlier this month surrounded by her close family.
Katharine has rarely been seen at official engagements in recent years after stepping back from royal duties more than two decades ago.
But she once drew global acclaim for her moving public display of royal warmth at Wimbledon.
In 1993, she hugged sobbing tennis player Jana Novotná after her 1993 Wimbledon final loss.
She always insisted that the cuddle was nothing special, saying of the Royal Family: “We are quite normal people.”
Today, Buckingham Palace tragically confirmed Katharine has passed away.
Born Katharine Worsley in 1933, she grew up in North Yorkshire at Hovingham Hall, the grand ancestral home of her father, Sir William Worsley.
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