Duchess of Kent left huge £1.4million sum to Duke, 90, and their three children in her will after death aged 92

THE Duchess of Kent left more than £1.4million in her will, documents show. Katharine – wife to the late Queen’s cousin Prince Edward – left the majority of her fortune to her family after passing away aged 92. The Duchess Of Kent left the majority of her fortune to her children after passing away aged 92 Credit: Getty Katharine met Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, at a ball while he was serving in the army in 1957 Credit: PA William and Kate led tributes to the Duchess, who was the oldest living member of the Royal Family, following her death last September. The Waleses said: “Our thoughts today are with The Duke of Kent and his family, particularly George, Helen and Nicholas. Sign up for the Royals newsletter Thank you! “The Duchess worked tirelessly to help others and supported many causes, including through her love of music. “She will be a much missed member of the family.” William and Kate led tributes to the Duchess, who was the oldest living member of the Royal Family Credit: PA She famously comforted Czech tennis star Jana Novotna after losing the women’s singles final at the 1993 Wimbledon Championships Credit: AP Probate documents have since revealed Katharine left a huge sum to her husband and three children, according to the MailOnline. She left £1,433,696, reduced to £1,433,206, to her children George Windsor, 64, Lady Helen Taylor, 62, and Lord Nicholas Windsor, 55. Katharine also gifted £10,000 to Future Talent Musicians, a charity co-founded by the Duchess in 2004. It was set up to help gifted musicians from low income backgrounds. Most read in Royals Her nine godchildren were each left £5,000, while her personal possessions were left to her husband. She died peacefully at Wren Cottage in Kensington Palace, West London, surrounded by her family. The Duchess had rarely been seen at official engagements in recent years after stepping back from royal duties more than two decades ago. She was famed for hugging Czech tennis star Jana Novotna after her 1993 Wimbledon final loss – one of the most moving displays of royal warmth. The Duchess grew up in North Yorkshire at Hovingham Hall, the grand ancestral home of her father, Sir William Worsley. Katharine met Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, at a ball while he was serving in the army in 1957. The couple got engaged before tying the knot at York Minster on June 8, 1961 – the first royal wedding there in over 600 years. Their guest list included Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, Prince Philip, a young Prince Charles and Princess Anne, who was a flower girl. In 1971, Katharine she became patron of the Samaritans and later went on to work for them without publicity. She did the training and answered calls for the charity every Wednesday. Katharine later said the experience “taught me an enormous amount about life”. She added: “If you are going to spend quite a few months talking to people who are suicidal, mainly through loneliness, you do begin to understand people and their problems.” The trailblazing Duchess also became the first royal since 1685 to convert to Catholicism — and the first to wear a mini skirt. She converted in 1994 and later explained: “I do love guidelines, and the Catholic Church offers you guidelines. “I have always wanted that in my life.” Katharine landed a teaching job at the age of 20, but had to give it up after a year to help her arthritis-stricken mother back at home. But after the Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 people in 2017, at the age of 84, she returned to the place she was happiest — the classroom. She went incognito again to teach music at Holland Park Primary, where many children who had lived in the tower were students. The Duchess had once said: “Teaching is very satisfying. “It is a privilege. To me it’s one of the most exciting jobs anyone can do.” Comment now