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Nov 16, 2020 · Lady Fermoy was Diana’s maternal grandmother, born Ruth Sylvia Gill in 1908. She was the daughter of wealthy Scottish landowners and in 1931 married Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy.
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 · Her great-grandmother, Kitty Forbes, was the daughter of Theodore Forbes and Indian-Armenian Eliza Kewark. In 1931, she married the much older Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy, going on to have three children with him, including Lady Diana's mother, Frances. It is not known if Lady Fermoy did give Diana 'royal lessons' as shown in The Crown, but ...
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Nov 16, 2020 · In real life, Diana's grandmother Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy actually advised her against the marriage, according to Andrew Morton’s biography ‘Diana: Her True Story’. Lady Fermoy was a ...
Nov 26, 2023 · Lady Fermoy was reintroduced to a global audience in Netflix's series: The Crown, with viewers meeting the teenage Diana along with her formidable grandmother who trains the future Princess in the ...
Nov 15, 2020 · 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 ...
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Jun 25, 2021 · Lady Ruth Fermoy gave evidence against Frances in court, referring to her as "a bad mother." Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh had attended the wedding of Diana's parents, whose ...
