LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Kent, who famously broke royal protocol to hug a Wimbledon runner-up and stepped away from family duties to teach music in a public school, has died, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. She was 92.

Born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, the duchess was married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, the cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II. She died Thursday at her home in Kensington Palace.

FILE – Britain’s Katherine, Duchess of Kent, right, and Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, and then President of the Soviet Women’s Committee, chat together at the Women of the Year luncheon, at London’s Savoy Hotel on Oct. 22, 1984. (AP Photo/John Redman, file)

FILE – Chris Evert shakes hands with the Duke of Kent, right, while the Duchess of Kent, presents her with th

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