The Honourable Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (20 January 1936 - 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. After two failed marriages and the deaths of two children, she devoted her later years to Roman Catholic charity work. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lady Diana Frances Spencer (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (July 1, 1961–August 31, 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

Shand Kydd was born The Honourable Frances Ruth Burke-Roche on the royal estate at Sandringham, Norfolk. Her father was Edward Burke-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 Dame Ruth Burke-Roche, The Lady Fermoy DCVO, the former Ruth Sylvia Gill, was a confidante and lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). Sandringham can refer to: The village in Norfolk, United Kingdom Sandringham House in the aforementioned village The Sandringham Time system The suburb of Melbourne, Australia The railway line in Melbourne The railway station in Melbourne at the end of the aforementioned line This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... Norfolk (pronounced IPA: ) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Baron Fermoy is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. ... George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor) (14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from 11 December 1936 until his death. ... Frances Ellen Work (1857-1947) was an American heiress and a great-grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon as Queen Elizabeth. ...

On 1 June 1954, aged 18, Burke Roche married John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (later the 8th Earl Spencer) at Westminster Abbey. She was then known as Viscountess Althorp (the name is pronounced Altrup). June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (January 24, 1924 - March 29, 1992) was born at 24 Sussex Square, London, England, the son of Albert Edward John Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975) and his wife, the former Cynthia Elinor Beatrix Hamilton (1897-1972), daughter of the 3rd Duke of Abercorn. ... The title Earl Spencer was created in 1765 in the Peerage of Great Britain for John Spencer, 1st Viscount Spencer, a great-grandson of the 1st Duke of Marlborough. ... The Abbeys western façade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ...

The Althorps had five children:

• Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia (born 15 March 1955, presently Lady Sarah McCorquodale)
• Cynthia Jane (born 11 February 1957, presently Lady Jane Fellowes)
• John (died within 10 hours after his birth on 12 January 1960)
• Diana Frances (1 July 1961 - 31 August 1997)
• Charles Edward Maurice (born 20 May 1964, presently the 9th Earl Spencer)

The British media made comparisons between Lady Althorp's and Diana's lives, because both were inexperienced young women who were thrust into the spotlight by marriage to much older men in higher stations. As with the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, the marriage between Lord and Lady Althorp was not a happy one. Diana, Princess of Wales strongly resembled her mother in appearance and character, as well. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... The Lady Diana Frances Spencer (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (July 1, 1961–August 31, 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer is the son of Edward Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and his first wife, the former Frances Ruth Burke Roche (later Shand Kydd). ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

In 1967, Lady Althrop ran off with Peter Shand Kydd, an heir to a wallpaper fortune, whom she had met the year before. Subsequently, she was named "the other woman" in Janet Shand Kydd's divorce action against her husband. The Althorps were divorced in April 1969, and Lady Althorp was now known as Frances, Viscountess Althorp. Peter Shand Kydd (1925 - 23 March 2006) was the stepfather of Diana, Princess of Wales and an heir to the wallpaper fortune built by his father Norman Shand Kydd. ...

Three months later, Lord Althrop married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth, the daughter of novelist Barbara Cartland. (Deeply unpopular with her step-children, she was nicknamed "Acid Raine".) He eventually won a bitter custody battle over the children. Lady Althorp married Shand Kydd on 2 May 1969, and she was known as The Honourable Mrs. Shand Kydd. They lived on the remote Scottish island of Seil. Much against her wishes, she was forced into the public view following the marriage of her daughter Diana to the Prince of Wales in 1981. Raine, Countess Spencer was born Raine McCorquodale on September 9, 1929, the only child of the celebrated romance novelist Dame Barbara Cartland and her first husband, Alexander McCorquodale, an Army officer who was an heir to a printing fortune. ... Autographed portrait photograph of Dame Barbara Cartland, 1992 Dame Barbara Cartland DBE (July 9, 1901 – May 21, 2000) was one of the most successful writers of romance novels of all time, specializing in historical love themes. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... Seil is one of the Slate Islands, lying west of Argyll in Scotland. ... The Prince of Wales The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor) (born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ...

The Shand Kydds separated in June 1988 after he left his wife for a younger woman, and were later divorced. Frances Shand Kydd blamed the pressure of media attention for the breakdown of the marriage. She was well respected on the island and was known for taking long walks and for her love of fishing. Peter Shand Kydd died in 2006. Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish. ...

In 1996 Shand Kydd was banned from driving after being convicted of drink-driving, but denied she had a problem with alcohol. She and Diana quarrelled in May 1997 after she told Hello! magazine that Diana was happy to lose her title of "Her Royal Highness" following her divorce from the Prince of Wales. They were reportedly not on speaking terms when Diana died four months later, partly because of Shand Kydd's interview, about which Diana was upset, but also because of Shand Kydd's disapproval of her daughter's dating a Muslim man, Dr. Hasnat Khan. Hello! is a weekly magazine specialising in celebrity news. ...

After Diana's death, Shand Kydd won public sympathy by mingling with the public outside Kensington Palace. She made a point of visiting the family of Henri Paul, the man driving the Mercedes Diana and her companion Dodi Al-Fayed were in when it crashed in a Paris tunnel, killing all three of them. "Strange though it may seem, Diana's funeral was probably the proudest day of my life," she said. "Proud of her, proud of my daughters who were rock steady in their readings, and my son who gave the ultimate tribute of brotherly love for her." The south facade of the main block of Kensington Palace, seen through Jean Tijous wrought iron gates. ... Henri Paul (July 3, 1956 - August 31, 1997) was an employee of the Hôtel Ritz Paris and the chauffeur driving at the time of the automobile accident that killed Paul, Diana, Princess of Wales, and her romantic interest Dodi Al-Fayed. ... This page is about the Mercedes-Benz brand of automobiles and trucks from the DaimlerChrysler automobile manufacturer. ... Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed (Arabic: عماد الدين محمد عبد المنعم فايد ) (April 15, 1955 – August 31, 1997) was the son of the Egyptian millionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed (Arabic: محمد ألفايد), owner of the British department store Harrods and the Hôtel Ritz Paris. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, with the skyscrapers of La Défense business district 5 km/ 3 mi behind. ...

In 2002 Shand Kydd testified at the trial of Diana's former butler Paul Burrell, where she was forced to admit that she and Diana had been estranged for several months before Diana's death. She spent her final years in solitude on Seil. She converted to Roman Catholicism and devoted herself to Catholic charities. Paul Burrell (born June 8, 1958, Grassmoor, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire) was the butler of Diana, Princess of Wales. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

She died on 3 June 2004 following a long illness that included brain cancer at the age of 68, ironically the same age at which her former husband (Diana's father) had died. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A brain tumor is any mass created by an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells either found in the brain (neurons, glial cells, epithelial cells, myelin producing cells, etc. ...

Her funeral at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Oban on 10 June was attended by all of her children and grandchildren, including Princes William (who gave a reading) and Harry. Their father, Prince Charles, didn't attend because he was en route to another funeral--going to Washington to lead the British delegation at the state funeral of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan the following day. View of Oban from Druim Mor. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... HRH Prince William of Wales William Arthur Philip Louis His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor) (born June 21, 1982) is a member of the British Royal Family, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and first son of Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales. ... Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor) (born September 15, 1984), is the third in the line of succession to the British throne and the thrones of other Commonwealth Realms, behind his father, the Prince of Wales, and his elder brother, Prince William of Wales. ... The Prince of Wales The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor) (born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... President George W. Bush, his wife, Laura, Vice-President Richard Cheney and his wife, Lynne, and former president Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary, New York Democratic senator, watch the casket of former president Ronald Reagan carried into the Washington National Cathedral Nancy Reagan was escorted by Army Major General...

Titles from birth to death

• The Honourable Frances Burke Roche (1936 - 1954)
• Viscountess Althorp (1954 - 1969)
• Frances, Viscountess Althorp (1969)
• The Honourable Mrs. Shand Kydd (1969 - 2004)

External links

• [1] Althorp House
• [2] Isle of Seil