Frances Shand Kydd

Frances Shand Kydd , formerly Frances Spencer, Viscountess SpencerJanuary 1936 June 2004 was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. Her biographer, Max Riddington, who was the writer of Frances The Remarkable Story of Princess Dianas Mother, described Shand Kydd as a woman who was certainly complicated and also funny, warm, intelligent, and energetic. Following her breakup with John Spencer, Viscount Althorp in 1969, and Dianas death in 1997, Shand Kydd devoted the final years of her life to Roman Catholic charity work.

Shand Kydd was born Frances Ruth Roche in Park House, on the royal estate at Sandringham, Norfolk, onJanuary 1936. Her father was Edmund Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, a friend of King George VI and the elder son of the American heiress Frances Work and her first husband, the 3rd Baron Fermoy. Her mother, Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, DCVO, was a confidante and ladyinwaiting to Queen Elizabeth . In her own right since birth she held the style of The Honourable as the daughter of a baron.

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