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Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (previously Spencer, née Roche; 20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. She was the maternal grandmother of William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, respectively first and fifth in the line of succession to the British throne.
Jun 4, 2004 · Published 4th Jun 2004, 01:00 BST. FRANCES Shand Kydd was born into a life of fabulous, almost unimaginable, luxury, but yesterday died alone after solitary years in a plain, brick-built bungalow...
Jun 21, 2024 · Princess Diana's mother, Frances Shand Kydd, may have been a British aristocrat, but there were many tragic aspects of her life, including pain and heartbreak.
Oct 3, 2020 · Diana’s mother, Frances Shand Kydd was born as Frances Ruth Roche in 1936 on the royal estate at Sandringham, Norfolk. Her father, Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy was a friend of King...
Jun 3, 2004 · Frances Shand Kydd, the mother of the late Princess Diana, died Thursday at her home near Oban in Scotland, it was confirmed to PEOPLE’s London bureau. Canon Donald MacKay, a Roman...
She died on June 3, 2004, aged 68. Frances Shand Kydd would, in her later years, have probably chosen to lead an obscure life, governed by her conversion to Roman Catholicism and by charity work, had her youngest daughter, Diana, not.
Jun 4, 2004 · Frances Shand Kydd, who had an often turbulent relationship with her daughter Diana, Princess of Wales, died Thursday at her home in Scotland, a spokesman for her son, Earl Spencer,...
