Overview

• Pope Leo XIV’s condolence message praising her “legacy of Christian goodness” and imparting an apostolic blessing was read by Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia.
• Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, celebrated the Requiem Mass at the principal Catholic church in England and Wales.
• King Charles III and other senior royals attended, while Buckingham Palace said Queen Camilla withdrew because she is recovering from acute sinusitis.
• The coffin is to be taken by hearse to the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore in Windsor for a private interment following the Mass.
• The Duchess, born Katharine Worsley, died on September 4 at Kensington Palace and was noted for her 1994 conversion to Catholicism and longstanding charitable work.