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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 · 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 with an unkempt garden enlivened...
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.
Jun 3, 2004 · Frances Shand Kydd was thrust into the spotlight in 1981 when her daughter Diana joined the British royal family. Like the princess, her life was marked by an aristocratic marriage, a...
Jun 3, 2004 · Frances Shand Kydd, 68, had been frail since being treated in hospital after falling ill in April. Her son, Earl Charles Spencer, issued a statement from the family home of Althorp House...
Sep 23, 2022 · Frances Shand Kydd (née Frances Ruth Burke Roche) was born on Jan. 20, 1936, to parents Maurice Roche and Ruth Sylvia Gill. Keep reading to learn more about Princess Diana's parents, John...
Jun 4, 2004 · Frances Shand Kydd, who died yesterday aged 68, would always insist that she had had five children, all equally deserving of her devotion; to the world at large, though, she was simply the...
