Katharine Kent

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (born 22 February 1933), informally known as Katharine Kent, is one of the most popular members of the British royal family.

Born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, at Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, she was the only daughter of Sir William Arthrington Worsley, 4th Bt., and his wife, Joyce Morgan, daughter of Sir John Brunner, the founder of Brunner Mond, which later became ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries). On June 8, 1961, she married Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Duchess of Kent is strongly associated with the world of music, and has performed as a member of several choirs. She is also well-known as the presenter of trophies at the annual Wimbledon lawn tennis championships -- a role she inherited from her mother-in-law, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark. The Duchess was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 1992.