The oldest member of the British royal family, Katherine, Duchess of Kent, has died aged 92, Buckingham Palace has announced.

The duchess was married to Prince Edward, 89, the Duke of Kent, who is a first cousin to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

She had not been a working royal since 2002 and, in some ways, broke the strict mould of a family that's become known as The Firm.

Public appearances have been rare in recent years. For instance, she did not attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II or the coronation of King Charles III.

Duchess Katherine was in 1995 the first British royal to convert publicly to Catholicism, despite centuries-old laws which stipulated only Protestants, and people married to Protestants, could succeed to the crown.

She also had a secret job as a music teacher at

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