Overview

• Bu​ckingham Palace announced that the Duchess died Thursday night at Kensington Palace surrounded by family, with the news released Friday.
• Flags at Buckingham Palace were lowered to half-mast as King Charles III set mourning to continue until the funeral, which PA reports is expected in about a week.
• Prince William and Catherine issued a signed message offering condolences to the Kent family and praising her devotion to young people and her love of music.
• She was a prominent figure at Wimbledon for decades, presenting the women’s trophies and remembered for comforting finalist Jana Novotná in 1993.
• For more than a decade she taught music in Hull as “Mrs Kent,” founded the Future Talent charity, and in 1994 converted to Roman Catholicism in a notable personal decision.