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The duchess will also be remembered as a familiar figure at the Wimbledon tennis championships, where she handed over trophies - and consoled those who had lost, including a tearful Jana Novotna in 1993.

She will also be remembered as a familiar figure at the Wimbledon tennis championships, where she handed over trophies - and consoled those who had lost, including a tearful Jana Novotna in 1993.

He adds that he received tearful voice notes from her.

Kirk's widow, Erika, on Saturday gave a tearful address in which she thanked first responders for their efforts and vowed that her "husband's voice will remain".

In a tearful interview earlier this year, she said the craniotomy - which involved part of her skull being removed to take out the tumour - was "the hardest thing" she had been through.