{"id":943686,"date":"2026-05-07T11:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/943686\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:31:18","slug":"duke-of-kent-90-seen-in-wheelchair-as-he-joins-king-charles-for-special-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/943686\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke of Kent, 90, seen in wheelchair as he joins King Charles for special ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Duke of Kent<\/a> doesn’t make many public appearances these days, but on Thursday, the royal joined King Charles<\/a> at St Paul’s Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Charles marked his first Order of St Michael and St George as monarch, and he was joined by his 90-year-old cousin at the service. The service recognises those who have carried out “outstanding service” while working overseas.<\/p>\n

The Duke of Kent was present at the ceremony in his position as Grand Master of the Order, and he welcomed Charles as he arrived alongside Dame Susan Langley, the Lady Mayor of the City of London.<\/p>\n

The royal, 90, was at one point seen sitting in a wheelchair during the ceremony, as he wore the official robes. He was seen walking unaided earlier in the ceremony as he walked behind the King.<\/p>\n

WATCH: King Charles arrives at the Order of St Michael and St George<\/p>\n

The service is traditionally only held every four years, meaning that Charles didn’t attend the previous one as the monarch of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\"The\u00a9 Getty ImagesAt one point, the Duke was seen with a wheelchair
\nRecent appearances<\/p>\n

The Duke, 90, is the cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth<\/a> and now only occasionally attends public engagements<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was last seen during the centenary celebrations of the late Queen<\/a>, where he was joined by his younger sister, Princess Alexandra<\/a>. The pair were seen seated beside a table holding two coupe glasses and slices of cake, as they chatted to other guests.<\/p>\n

\"The\u00a9 Getty ImagesThe Duke of Kent was seen in Buckingham Palace last moth<\/p>\n

Alexandra wore a vibrant blue jacket with a matching scarf, while Edward opted for a smart grey suit with purple socks.<\/p>\n

The Duke of Kent also made an appearance earlier this year, when he joined the Duchess of Edinburgh<\/a> at the Surrey Space Centre in Guildford back in January. The royals were seen in a sweet embrace before sharing a kiss on the cheek<\/a> to show their close bond and having a cup of tea together while catching up.<\/p>\n

The Duke sadly lost his wife of 64 years, the Duchess of Kent, last year. Katharine Worsley, who gave up her HRH title in 2002 and retreated from public life<\/a> in her final years, died aged 92 on 4 September. A Catholic funeral took place at Westminster Cathedral in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Duke of Kent doesn’t make many public appearances these days, but on Thursday, the royal joined King…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":943687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[13080,2635,1760,5105,7710,519,448,7796],"class_list":{"0":"post-943686","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royals","9":"tag-duke-of-kent","10":"tag-king-charles","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royals","15":"tag-royalty"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116533073595866565","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/943687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}