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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 · Instead, it falls upon Diana's grandmother, the formidable Baroness Fermoy, a close confidante of the Queen Mother, with a lifetime of experience at court, to instruct her granddaughter in the ways of the Windsors.
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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...
Ruth Sylvia Roche, Baroness Fermoy, DCVO, OBE 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.
Jul 6, 1993 · Ruth Sylvia Roche, Baroness Fermoy DCVO OBE was a friend and confidante of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the maternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Feb 3, 2014 · Ruth Sylvia Gill was born on 2 October 1908. She was the daughter of Colonel William Smith Gill and Ruth Littlejohn. 3 She married Edmund Maurice Burke Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, son of James Boothby Burke Roche, 3rd Baron Fermoy and Frances Ellen Work, on 17 September 1931. 1 She died on 6 July 1993 at age 84.
