The decision was unexpected, as the Duchess of Gloucester became the first non ... she will be able to wear the velvet robe and hat (complete with white ostrich and black heron feathers!) ...

You won't see her featured on The Crown and you've probably never heard of her, but the Duchess of Gloucester has undertaken more than 5,000 engagements as she has been thrust into the spotlight.

The Latin on her white marble altar tomb can be translated: Mary Countess of Stafford, wife of William, Viscount Stafford, descended from the royal stock of Thomas of Woodstock and Eleanor de Bohun, ...