Katharine, Duchess of Kent, a member of the British royal family known for her role at Wimbledon, has died aged 92. The wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent—a cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II—was best known for presenting trophies to the winners of the coveted tennis tournament, with the BBC reporting she ended the tradition of players bowing and curtsying upon receipt. Scenes of her comforting distraught 1993 finalist Jana Novotna will perhaps be her lasting image. She stepped down from active royal duties to pursue a career as an elementary school music teacher in the port city of Hull. She dropped the Her Royal Highness, and instead went by “Kath,” in the staff room, once saying, “I don’t like being a public figure… It’s my nature, the way I was born. I like to do things quietly behind the scenes. I’m a very shy person.” Full name Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, she converted to Catholicism in 1994, a move not taken by any royal since 1685. In an interview with The Guardian, she once admitted she was a fan of the music of Eminem and Ice Cube. Before her death, she was the oldest living member of the royal family, the seventh oldest of all time.
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