Concert is music to the ears of Duchess

THE Queen looked in excellent spirits when, to widespread surprise, she opened the Elizabeth Line this week. But she’s not the only royal with a spring in her step.

The Duchess of Kent, who gave up official duties in 2002 and now prefers to be known simply as Katharine, made a very rare public appearance in the grandeur of London’s Lancaster House.

Still elegant at the age of 89, Katharine was attending a concert given by Future Talent, a charity she co-founded in 2004. It gives opportunities to gifted musicians from poor backgrounds — a cause that evidently remains dear to her heart. She was supported by Future Talent’s co-founder Nicholas Robinson (pictured).

Yorkshire baronet’s daughter Katharine, who’s married to the Queen’s first cousin the Duke of Kent, converted to Catholicism in 1994. She no longer uses her HRH title.

The Duke is the subject of a newly published biography by Hugo Vickers, which documents his lifetime of service to the Queen.