The flowers on the coffin of the Duchess of Kent had a deep significance that represented her own passions and her royal life. As the Royal Family bade a final farewell to the Duchess, her coffin was adorned with beautiful blooms that told her life story in the prettiest way.
Dominating the arrangement were white roses, a symbol of Yorkshire, the county where she was born and which she loved so much. When Katharine Worsley became a royal bride in 1961, she chose to walk down the aisle of York Minister. It was only the second royal wedding that church had held in 600 years. On the morning of her funeral, the Royal Family shared a gorgeous photo of her as a bride and with a message that said she was ''proudly of Yorkshire heritage''.
The floral arrangement, from her closest family, also contained sprigs of yew from her childhood home at Hovingham Hall in Yorkshire. Yew represents eternal life and is also a loving nod to her deep Catholic faith. There was poignancy, too, as the family chose September garden flowers as a reminder of the farewell they have said to someone they loved so much in that very month. Other flowers were jasmine for amiability and achillea for healing and strength, two qualities that the Duchess showed many times over in her life. They were all in pretty shades of pink and blue and interspersed with rosemary, for remembrance.
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