Overview
- The Court Circular recorded the Duke attending a Wigmore Hall concert on October 7 in his role as patron, his first official engagement since his wife's death.
- The Royal Family led public birthday messages with a new coronation-day photo, and the Prince and Princess of Wales shared their own tribute.
- Buckingham Palace said Katharine, Duchess of Kent, died on September 4, and her Requiem Mass at Westminster Cathedral on September 16 was the first Catholic funeral for a British royal in modern times.
- He remains a working royal with reduced duties as the oldest serving member of the family, having recently relinquished roles such as Colonel of the Scots Guards and the All England Club presidency.
- Known for decades of service, he is connected to around 140 organizations, including his long-standing patronage of Wigmore Hall.