Rosie Roche, Prince William and Harry's cousin, was found dead at the age of 20, with a firearm near her. She died at her family home in Wiltshire on July 14.
Rosie Roche - granddaughter of Princess Diana’s uncle - was found dead by her mum and sister - in Norton, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, where she had been packing for a trip away with friends.
During an inquest hearing at Wiltshire and Swindon coroner’s court, area coroner Grant Davies said the police “have deemed the death as non-suspicious and there was no third-party involvement”, according to a report by Mirror. The inquest has been adjourned until October 25.
Her funeral will be held privately, followed by a public memorial service.
Who is Rosie Roche?
- Rosie Roche is the granddaughter of Princess Diana's uncle and was a distant cousin of Prince William and Harry.
- She was a second-year English Literature student at Durham University.
- She was the eldest child of Edmund Hugh Burke Roche, 53, and his wife, the former Phillipa Kate Victoria Long.
- Her grandfather, Edmund Roche, 5th Baron Fermoy, Princess Diana's maternal uncle, died by suicide in 1984.
- According to her LinkedIn account, she attended St Mary's Calne, an independent girls' boarding school in Wiltshire.
- She was reportedly well-liked within the Durham University community and remembered fondly by peers and faculty. A statement said she "will be sorely missed."
- Rosie Roche's death comes months after the February 2024 suicide of Thomas Kingston, husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his parents' home. However, the two deaths are unrelated.
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