Overview

• On 7 October, the Court Circular recorded that the Duke of Kent, as Patron of Wigmore Hall, attended a concert at 36 Wigmore Street in London.
• The performance featured baritone Matthias Goerne with pianist David Fray in a Schubert program, according to Town & Country.
• This marked the Duke’s first official engagement since Katharine, Duchess of Kent, died on 4 September and since her funeral rites in mid-September.
• He remains a working royal with a reduced schedule, having relinquished roles in recent years, including the All England Lawn Tennis Club presidency and the Colonelcy of the Scots Guards in April 2024.
• Buckingham Palace set and carried out the Duchess’s Catholic funeral at Westminster Cathedral on 16 September, followed by interment at the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore.