This service was attended by the Duchess’s immediate family, with Prince Edward supported by the couple’s three children and 10 grandchildren. Lady Helen Taylor could be seen linking arms with her father as the two walked into the church.

Members of the royal family look on as the bearer party carry the coffin of the Duchess of Kent into Westminster Cathedral in central London, ahead of her funeral

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Eldest son George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews was joined by his wife Sylvana Palma Tomaselli and their three children, Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick, Lady Marina Windsor and Lady Amelia Windsor. Lady Helen Taylor and her husband Timothy Taylor arrived alongside their four children – Columbus, Cassius, Eloise and Estella. The Kents’ youngest son, Lord Nicholas Windsor, 55, his wife Paola and three sons – Albert, Leopold and Louis, were also in attendance.

Britain’s Prince Michael of Kent arrives to attend the private Vigil for the Duchess of Kent

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