Overview

• Buckingham Palace said she died peacefully on Thursday night at Kensington Palace, surrounded by her family.
• She was 92 and the oldest member of the British royal family, survived by the Duke of Kent, their three children and ten grandchildren.
• The King and Queen joined the family in mourning, and the Prince and Princess of Wales issued a personal message praising her tireless work.
• An official period of royal mourning has been set with flags lowered; funeral arrangements will be private and the date has not been announced.
• Her legacy includes a 1994 conversion to Roman Catholicism, years teaching music in Hull, cofounding the charity Future Talent, and a long association with Wimbledon, where she famously comforted Jana Novotná in 1993.