CHATSWORTH, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attends the funeral of Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire at St Peter's Church, Edensor on October 2, 2014 in Chatsworth, England. Deborah Cavendish, Dowager Duchess Of Devonshire, the last surviving Mitford sister, died aged 94 on September 24, 2014. Deborah was known as the 'housewife duchess', and her noted business acumen made Chatsworth House one of the most successful and profitable stately homes in England. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images).
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, many members of the royal family turned out to mourn the passing of Katharine, the Duchess of Kent, who died on Sept. 4 at the age of 92. One prominent member of The Firm was noticeably absent from the funeral, however: Queen Camilla.
Camilla was unable to attend the historic funeral (which, as People reported, marked the "first time in several hundred years that the royal family has attended a Catholic Requiem Mass for one of its members") due to illness.
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