Royal family gathers to celebrate life of Omagh born Duke

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Members of the royal family were among guests who gathered in Chester to celebrate the life of the sixth Duke of Westminster.

Major General Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor was born in Omagh,.

A close friend of the Royals, he died of a heart attack aged 64 on August 9.

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, together with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended the memorial service at Chester Cathedral yesterday (Monday.)

The Duke was raised in Fermanagh.

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