The Duchess of Kent, a member of the British royal family, died in 92

The Duchess of Kent, the oldest member of the British monarchy, died Declare Friday. It was 92.

In a joint message on the family’s official social media accounts, Royals said, adding that King Charles III and the family, along with all family members, joined that the Duke of Kent and his children are surrounded by her family.

The Duchess, Catherine, spent most of her life – 64 years old – is married to The late Queen Elizabeth IIHis first cousin, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who met him in 1956.

“With pride from the heritage of Yorkshire, His Royal Highness was famous for its manifestations in Wimbledon, where she presented the individual Cup for women for many years, and she was also an emotional musician, a music school and a lawyer for the well -being of children and youth,” The royal family site He said.

The family said that she continued to play piano, organs and violins throughout her life, and noticed that, over the past thirty years or so, she “focused on her passion for music, as she was aside as a member of the royal family in 2002 to focus on her own and charitable work in this sector.”

Before leaving her official royal duties behind her, she spent years teaching music at an elementary school in Hull, a city in its home area in Yorkshire.

The death of the Duchess makes her husband, the Duke of Kent, the oldest member of the British royal family in 89.

Age of a family feature.

Queen Elizabeth II died in 2022 at the age of 96, and she was only the fifth longest member of her family. However, Elizabeth was the longest British king, after she occupied the throne for more than 70 years.

He was the longest member of the British royal family ever Princess AliceDuchess of Gloster, who died in October 2004 at the age of 102.