RIP, Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley, Duchess of Kent (22nd February 1933 – 4th September 2025)
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
I met her a couple of times; lovely lady.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! She was patron of the charity Scope when I first joined it back in 2000, but relinquished that position (among many other patronages) not long after, so I never had that opportunity. She seemed like a lovely person. Jx
DeleteI have always had a soft spot for her. She was everything a royal should be.
ReplyDeleteNo-nonsense, smile sweetly, do your duty - she was all that, but with a real human touch. She gave up royal duties to teach music in a school in Hull, of all places, and for 13 years she was known to the children as "Mrs Kent". Bless. Jx
DeleteMademoiselle Kent, ce que devrait être un royal digne :)
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Absolument! Jx
DeleteShe looks like a nice lady. I would have glad had tea with her! I did post a comment on the last post too, but I'm not sure if it went through. I only said that the Aquamarine tiara and the snake were my favorites.
ReplyDeleteI'd loved to have had tea with the Duchess of Kent (preferably with an aquamarine tiara on my head)! Jx
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