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Batten became a recluse and lived in several places around the world with her mother until her mother's death in 1965.

In 1977 she was guest of honour at the opening of the Aviation Pioneers Pavilion at Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology, after which she returned to her home in Spain.

In 1982 she was bitten by a dog on the island of Majorca.

She refused treatment and the wound became infected.

She died alone in a hotel on Majorca, from complications from the dog bite.