Who is the Duchess of Kent?

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Who is the Duchess of Kent? ? Royal Central

Today we?re going to take a look at the life of Katharine, The Duchess of Kent.

Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley was born 22 February 1933, the only daughter of Sir William Arthington Worsley of Hovingham, 4th Baronet and his wife Joyce. She has three older brothers.

The Duchess of Kent was educated at Queen Margaret?s School in York, and Runton Hill School in North Norfolk. The Duchess developed her lifelong love of music while at school, and can play the piano, organ, and violin. She applied to the Royal Academy of Music but failed to gain admission, and so studied at Miss Hubler?s Finishing School in Oxford.

Prior to her marriage, she worked in a children?s home in York and a nursery school in London. She first met Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, in 1956, when he was stationed at Catterick.