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Frances Shand Kydd

Mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (–)

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Born

Frances Ruth Roche


()20 January

Sandringham, Norfolk, England

Died3 June () (aged&#;68)

Seil, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Resting placePennyfuir Cemetery, Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
TitleViscountess Althorp
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Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (previously Spencer, néeRoche; 20 January – 3 June ) 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. Following her divorce from Viscount Althorp in , and Diana's death in , Shand Kydd devoted the final years of her life to Catholic charity work following her conversion to Catholicism.

Early life

She was born Frances Ruth Roche at Park House, on the royal estate at Sandringham, Norfolk, o