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Farewell to the duchess who our city – and university – to her heart
Yorkshire Evening Post
|September 06, 2025
The Duchess of Kent - who became the fifth chancellor of Leeds University in 1965 - has died aged 92, Buckingham Palace announced yesterday.
One of the duchess's earliest duties in her Leeds role was to present an honorary degree to her father.
Katharine was also known for consoling losing Wimbledon finalists, notably a tearful Jana Novotna in 1993, and presented trophies at the championships for many years. She preferred to be known as Mrs Kent and dropped her HRH style, retreating from royal life to spend more than a decade teaching music in a state primary school in Hull.
Buckingham Palace said in a statement that the duchess died peacefully on Thursday evening at her Kensington Palace home surrounded by her family.
This story is from the September 06, 2025 edition of Yorkshire Evening Post.
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