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Ruth Sylvia Roche, Baroness Fermoy, DCVO, OBE (née Gill; 2 October 1908 – 6 July 1993) was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales. She was one of the Queen Mother's ladies-in-waiting.
Nov 11, 2020 · Baroness Fermoy, Diana's maternal grandmother, was in the Queen Mother's inner circle, and as such was always rumoured to have played matchmaker for her granddaughter and Charles (something she denied - the reverse seems to actually have been true).
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Ruth Roche, the Lady Fermoy, was Princess Diana's maternal grandmother and lady-in-waiting and friend to The Queen Mother. She married Maurice Roche, the 4th Baron Fermoy, in 1931 and had three children – one of whom was Frances Shand Kydd, Diana's mother. According to the Independent's obituary of Lady Fermoy, she testified against her own daughte...
Scottish actress Georgie Glen, who is best known for her roles in Waterloo Road, Little Britain and Call the Midwife, plays Lady Fermoy in The Crown's fourth season. She is introduced as Diana's formidable grandmother and close friend of The Queen Mother, who accompanies Diana (Emma Corrin) on her dates with Prince Charles (Josh O'Connor) before th...
While it is unknown whether Lady Fermoy did in fact give Diana royal lessons, many would assume that Fermoy would have given her advice considering her closeness to the Royal Family. However, the close companion of The Queen Mother had apparently discouraged Diana from marrying into the Royal Family according to Diana's biographer Andrew Morton, wh...
Lady Fermoy was the maternal grandmother of Princess Diana and a friend of the Queen Mother. She was a concert pianist, a lady-in-waiting and a controversial figure in the Royal Family.
Nov 16, 2020 · In season four of The Crown, Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, is depicted as a very stern old woman who impresses on Diana how important her match to Prince Charles is for their Family. She later...
Jul 6, 1993 · "Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, DCVO, OBE, (2 October 1908 – 6 July 1993) was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the maternal grandmother of Lady Diana Spencer, later Princess of Wales."
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Nov 16, 2020 · Diana's maternal grandmother Baroness Fermoy, also known as Ruth Roche, was the daughter of wealthy Scottish landowners. She was also a close friend and confidant to the Queen Mother, acting as...
Jul 6, 1993 · She was Lady Fermoy, Dame of the Royal Victorian Order, and in 1931, became the wife of Edmund Maurice Burke, 4th Baron Fermoy. The couple had three children. She was a lifelong confidante and lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
