Buckingham Palace has released further details about the Duchess of Kent's vigil and funeral next week, including guests and military involvement. Katharine Worsley , who was the wife of the late Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, the Duke of Kent, died aged 92 at her Kensington Palace home on 4 September. On Monday, the eve of the Duchess's Catholic funeral, the royal hearse will transport her coffin from Kensington Palace to Westminster Cathedral for a private vigil.

The hearse will be preceded by a piper from The Royal Dragoon guards, of which Katharine was Deputy Colonel-in-Chief since the regiment's inception in 1992. The Bearer Party receiving the coffin at Westminster Cathedral will also be found by The Royal Dragoon Guards. The Duchess of Kent's immediate family will be in attendanc

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