Please pray for the repose of the soul of Her Royal Highness Katharine, Duchess of Kent, who died on Thursday, 4th September, aged 92. A former Anglican, who in the past was closely associated with the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and had a candle marked with a simple “K” burning in the Holy House, the Duchess was received into the full communion of the Catholic Church by the late Cardinal Basil Hume in January 1994. At the time of her conversion she famously said:

“I do love guidelines and the Catholic Church offers you guidelines. I have always wanted that in my life. I like to know what’s expected of me. I like being told ‘You shall go to church on Sunday and if you don’t you’re in for it!’”

Cardinal Vincent Nichols will preside at her Funeral Mass in Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday 16th September which will be followed by burial at Frogmore.

We extend our deepest sympathy and the assurance of our prayers to His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent and his immediate family.

Requiescat in Pace. Amen.