When Katharine Worsley married the late Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, Prince Edward , Duke of Kent, in 1961, she broke with centuries of royal tradition . Rather than opting for Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral, the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace, or St George's Chapel at Windsor, she insisted that they tie the knot in her home county of Yorkshire, at the historic York Minster, which had not been used as a royal wedding venue for 600 years.

The royal, who died on Friday at the age of 92 , became a popular member of the royal family.

The Duchess of Kent (Katharine Worsley) with her husband, the Duke of Kent on arrival at Hovingham Hall, after their wedding ceremony at York Minster PA Images/Getty Images

The setting of the wedding was only fitting, of course: The roya

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