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	Encyclopedia: Katharine, Duchess of Kent
		Her Royal Highness Princess Edward, Duchess of Kent (Katharine Lucy Mary Windsor, formerly Worsley), styled HRH The Duchess of Kent, is a member of the British Royal Family the wife of HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a grandson of King George V and cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
		The Duchess of Kent was born in 1933 at Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire, and 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 HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the eldest son of HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent and HRH Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, at York Minster.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Katharine,-Duchess-of-Kent (636 words)

	22ND GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		George Edward Duke of KENT was born in 1902 in England - son of George VI of England.
		He was married to Princess Marina of GREECE Duchess of Kent (daughter of King George II of GREECE and Elizabeth of ROMANIA) in 1934 in Milan (cousins).
		Princess Marina of GREECE Duchess of Kent was born on 31 Jul 1905 in Greece - dtr of George II.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d5968.htm (106 words)

	Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		His mother was HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, (nee Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark), the daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna of Russia.
		After their marriage, she was styled HRH The Duchess of Kent, though in 2002, she voluntarily relinquished the style of Royal Highness and has expressed a preference to be known as Katharine Kent or Katharine, Duchess of Kent, the latter the typical style of a divorced peeress, which she is not.
		The Duke and Duchess of Kent reside at Wren House, Kensington Palace in London.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent (981 words)

	ipedia.com: Katharine, Duchess of Kent Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, informally known as Katharine Kent is a member of the British Royal Family through her marriage to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, a first cousin to the Queen.
		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).
		In March 2004 it was revealed that the Duchess of Kent had been working as a music teacher in Wansbeck Primary School in Hull for eight years as "Mrs.
	www.ipedia.com /katharine__duchess_of_kent.html (324 words)

	Please call me Katharine
		T HE Duchess of Kent shakes her head in shocked dismay as we walk back to the Land Rover from a centre for amputees in Cambodia.
		The Duchess of Kent is very unlike the media image that exists of a fragile, almost ethereal creature, floating through life and smiling sweetly at Wimbledon as she presents the trophies.
		It is often mentioned that the Duchess has ME or the Epstein-Barr virus, adding to the myth of her as a silently suffering tragic heroine.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/05/31/tlkent31.html (1729 words)

	The Royal Family > TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Born in 1935, HRH The Duke of Kent is the son of the late Prince George, fourth son of King George V, and the late Princess Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece.
		In 1961 The Duke of Kent became engaged to Miss Katharine Worsley and they married in York Minster.
		The Duke and The Duchess of Kent undertake a large number of official Royal engagements.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page422.asp (164 words)

	AIAON \| BBC ON THIS DAY \| 14 \| 1994: Duchess of Kent joins Catholic church
		The Duchess of Kent has become the first member of the Royal Family to convert to Catholicism for more than 300 years.
		The duchess' husband is the queen's cousin and 18th in line to the throne.
		The duke's office said the duchess' conversion would have no constitutional implications as she was an Anglican at the time of her marriage.
	amiabstractornot.highlyillogical.org /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/14/newsid_2530000/2530695.stm (492 words)

	CNN/SI - Tennis - Duchess of Kent gets Wimbledon snub - Wednesday September 22, 1999 11:57 AM
		LONDON (AP) -- The Duchess of Kent, the "royal face" of Wimbledon, is reportedly considering boycotting the Royal Box at future championships after tournament officials banned her from inviting children into the Centre Court enclosure.
		The duchess was also asked to restrict the number of guests she invites into the box to one each day, the paper said.
		The Daily Telegraph said the Duchess was considering boycotting the royal box -- except on finals days when she would continue to present the trophies -- in favor of acquiring her own tickets for Centre Court or Court One.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /tennis/news/1999/09/22/duchess_wimbledon_ap (545 words)

	Press Release - 22nd November 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Duchess of Kent praised the ‘sense of family’ at the Christie Hospital as she officially opened £5 million worth of new life-saving new radiotherapy equipment (Tuesday 20th November).
		The whole area of Greater Manchester is proud of this hospital and the fear of this particular illness is taken away because of the knowledge they have of this place”.
		Duchess of Kent talks to her "special friend", cancer patient Lewis Brown
	christie.man.ac.uk /PressRelease/2001/22112001.htm (230 words)

	Princess Marina Of Greece And Denmark Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (née Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark), (13 December 1906 - 27 August 1968) was a member of the British Royal Family; she was the wife of HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary.
		Her mother was HIH Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, a grandaughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia.
		After her husband's death, the Duchess of Kent continued to be active member of the British Royal Family, carrying out a wide-range of royal and official engagements.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Princess_Marina_of_Greece_and_Denmark (840 words)

	art0006 Inside Romance Articles
		He pushed to have the Duchess of Kent named Regent should both George IV and the Duke of Clarence die before Princess Victoria reached her majority at age eighteen.
		He added that plots tokill the princess were afoot and the Duchess had Lehzen sit by the child's bed from the time she was put into it until the Duchess herself went to sleep in the next bed.
		The Duchess of Kent replied that she preferred to spend her own birthday on August 17th at Claremont, but could be there by the 20th.
	www.theromanceclub.com /writers/articles/art0006.htm (1320 words)

	Sir John Conroy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Duchess of Kent and Sir John Conroy had [Princess Victoria] to themselves, to mould, as they imagined, into the person they wished her to be....
		The precise nature of the relationship between the Duchess of Kent and Conroy is not certain....
		When Charles Greville asked the Duke of Wellington if the Duchess of Kent and Conroy were lovers, the Duke replied that he 'supposed so.' On a later occasion the Duke observed that the 'hatred' of Conroy displayed by the young Queen was the result of having witnessed 'familiarities' between her mother and Conroy.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/mbrown/men/conroy_bio.html (380 words)

	DUCHESS OF KENT TO MISS WIMBLEDON
		The Duchess, has announced that she has a “prior, private engagement” and will be unable to make the presentation of the women’s trophies.
		The Duchess, who in recent times has informally dropped the use of her HRH title, has had a long love affair with the tournament and often provided some of its most memorable visual images.
		It is currently unclear as to whether the Duchess’ husband, the Duke of Kent — who traditionally presents the men’s trophy — will extend his duties to cover the women’s event as well, or whether her sister-in-law Princess Alexandra will step in.
	www.hellomagazine.com /royalty/2002/06/26/kent (426 words)

	Historic Royal Palaces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Thirty years later, in 1867, the Duke and Duchess of Teck were allocated these apartments and their first child, Victoria Mary (the future Queen Mary, wife of George V) was born here.
		The Duchess of Kent's Dressing Room was originally part of William III's private apartments but was altered for the Duchess and her daughter, Princess Victoria, in the early 19th century.
		The paintings include a portrait of the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria by Sir William Beechey, which shows the young Princess holding a miniature of her father, who died when she was just nine months old.
	www.hrp.org.uk /webcode/content.asp?ID=404 (395 words)

	National Catholic Reporter: As duchess swims Tiber, ecumenism hits the fan - Katharine Duchess of Kent converts to ...
		Her husband, the Duke of Kent, is 18th in line to the throne.
		The Duke of Kent, husband to the neo-Catholic duchess, is a privy councilor and has taken this oath.
		Everyone says the duchess' decision had "nothing to do with the ordination of women." Just as well, for at least 1,200 women are poised for ordination this coming summer.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1141/is_n14_v30/ai_14818798 (1166 words)

	Duke of Kent
		The Duchess of Kent: The Troubled Life of Katharine Worsley
		George and Marina: Duke and Duchess of Kent
		The death of patriotic princes a subject for national lamentation: A sermon occasioned by the death of his Royal Highness Edward, Duke of Kent
	www.veryhappening.com /things/duke_of_kent (178 words)

	The Royal Family > HRH The Duchess of Kent > Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Royal Family > HRH The Duchess of Kent > Background
		Katharine, Duchess of Kent was born on 22 February 1933, the youngest child and only daughter of the late Sir William Worsley.
		Her father, the fourth Baronet, captained the Yorkshire Cricket Club Team, was President of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) and was for 14 years Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page533.asp (126 words)

	Duchess of Kent Lodge
		The Loyal Duchess of Kent Lodge was established in 1839, making it one of the older Lodges in the Country.
		When the Lodge was first established, it met in pubs and church halls but in the 1920’s, the Trustees decided to build a Lodge Room on the edge of the West End of London.
		Duchess House was opened in 1929 and in the small Lodge Room on the ground floor, members could enjoy the traditions of the Society after work, before returning to their homes in the suburbs.
	www.oddfellows-nld.co.uk /Duchess.htm (305 words)

	I6482: Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley Duchess of Kent ( - )
		I6482: Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley Duchess of Kent (-)
		Spouses of Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley Duchess of Kent
		Descendants of Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley Duchess of Kent and Prince Edward George Nicholas Patrick Windsor Duke of Kent
	web.ukonline.co.uk /nigel.battysmith/Database/D0002/I6482.html (108 words)

	News - Duchess of Kent House
		Teams of volunteers from Duchess of Kent House, Reading’s Hospice will be out in force on Saturday July 30 to celebrate the launch of a special partnership with Argos.
		The team from Duchess of Kent House which looks after hundreds of in-patients, out-patients and day therapy patients annually will be out collecting funds on one of Argos’ busiest days of the year, as it launches its biggest ever catalogue.
		Duchess of Kent House is the full-service hospice for west and central Berkshire.
	www.duchessofkenthouse.org.uk /news.htm (2087 words)

	NTU Info Centre: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As a grandson of the British sovereign in the male line, he was styled as a Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the prefix, ''His Royal Highness''.
		After their marriage, she was styled HRH The Duchess of Kent.
		The Duke and Duchess of Kent reside at Kensington Palace in London.
	www.nowtryus.com /article:Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent (933 words)

	Victoria Marie Louise
		The Duchess of Kent was Queen Victoria's mother.
		They were eventually reconciled and the Duchess did attend the opening of the Exhibition.
		She became the Duchess of Kent in 1818 when she married Edward, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of George III.
	www.vam.ac.uk /vastatic/microsites/british_galleries/explore_exhibition/level3/ex03_l3_05.html (107 words)

	Charity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Duchess of Kent House has in-patient, out-patient and day therapy facilities, appropriate to individual needs and at no cost to the patient.
		Today, Duchess of Kent House is funded partly by the NHS and partly by donations, legacies, grants and voluntary fundraising.
		There is a full time Fundraising Manager at Duchess of Kent House to co-ordinate these activities under the auspices of The Duchess of Kent House Trust which is a Registered Charity.
	www.berkshirecentrecaravanclub.co.uk /charity2005.htm (379 words)

	The Royal Family > HRH The Duchess of Kent > Marriage and family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Royal Family > HRH The Duchess of Kent > Marriage and family
		The Duchess first met Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, when he was stationed at Catterick near Richmond in 1956.
		Their engagement was announced in March 1961 and they were married in York Minster on 8 June that year.
	www.royalinsight.gov.uk /output/Page541.asp (89 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Humber \| Duchess's secret life as teacher
		The Duchess is known to pupils and parents as Mrs Kent
		Pupils at a Hull primary school have just learned that "Mrs Kent" the music teacher is in fact the Duchess of Kent.
		The Duchess mainly teaches music theory and singing during her weekly classes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/humber/3503318.stm (337 words)

	Duchess
		1739 Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, duchess of Saxony-Weimar
		1577 Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32
		1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson/wife of prince Willem of Orange, 1561-71
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/d/duchess.html (522 words)

	Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Books about Queen Victoria and Her Family
		The Duchess of Kent, by Helen Cathcart (1971)
		Katharine, Duchess of Kent, by Valerie Garner (1991)
		The Memoirs of Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, by Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (1983)
	users.uniserve.com /~canyon/royalty_books.htm (8743 words)

	Reading Forum - Snippets Duchess of Kent House Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On Friday coming (10th December) staff have a chance to say thank you to well over 100 volunteers who help at Duchess of Kent House in the ward, day therapy, bereavement visiting, driving, gardening and fundraising.
		The Volunteers' Christmas Party is eagerly awaited by all not just for the food and good company but also for the revue put on by the staff who usually manage to raise many a laugh.
		Duchess of Kent House Trust is the local charity supporting the Specialist Palliative Care unit (hospice) of the same name in Reading serving this area.
	www.reading-forum.co.uk /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=492 (399 words)

	Jubilee Clacton Queen Duchess of Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		PS Jubilee (ex - Clacton Queen, ex - Duchess of Kent)
		Built as Duchess of Kent to maintrain ailway connections from Portsmouth to Ryde on the Isle of Wight for the LSWR / LBSCR
		After one season on the Thames Estaury, she was sold for cruising between Liverpool and Blackpool and named PS Jubilee
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /tramways/JubileeClactonQueenDuchessofKent.htm (72 words)

	Royal -=- Porters English Restaurant, 16/17 Henrietta St, London
		Official roles: Duke of Kent; Personal Aide de Camp to The Queen; Colonel of the Scots Guards and Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and of the Lorne Scots Regiment (in Canada); Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and Honorary Air Chief Marshal.
		Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England; Patron of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Trinity College of Music and the Hanover Band; President of the Football Association, the Wimbledon All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and President-in-Chief of the British Racing Drivers' Club.
		The Duke of Kent inherited his title after the tragic death of his father, killed in a flying accident while on active service in 1942.
	www.porters.uk.com /royal?royalID=15 (545 words)

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