The Duke of Kent has been seen in public for the first time since the sad passing of his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent , at the age of 92. The late Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin was supported by his immediate family as they watched the Duchess's coffin travel from Kensington Palace to Westminster Cathedral on Monday. The private funeral rites are taking place on the eve of the late royal’s funeral service.

A military piper from The Royal Dragoon Guards, a regiment the duchess supported as deputy Colonel-in-Chief since its inception in 1992, walked ahead of the coffin. Other service personnel from the regiment acted as pallbearers, carrying the coffin into the cathedral, where it will rest overnight in the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ahead of the coffin’s arrival, the Duke of

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