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Jun 4, 2004 · Published 4th Jun 2004, 01:00 BST. 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...
Jun 3, 2004 · Frances Shand Kydd, the mother of the late Princess Diana, died Thursday at her home near Oban in Scotland, it was confirmed to PEOPLE’s London bureau. Canon Donald MacKay, a Roman Catholic...
- Queen Elizabeth II Was A Guest at Their Wedding
- They Had 5 Children Together, Including Princess Diana
- They Lived in A Home Owned by The Royal Family
- They Divorced When Princess Diana Was Young
- John Spencer Remarried Without Telling His Kids
- John Spencer Walked Princess Diana Down The Aisle in 1981
- Princess Diana Was Not in Touch with Her Mother Later on in Life
Shand Kydd married Spencer when she was just 18 years old. The two exchanged vows at Westminster Abbey, and Queen Elizabeth II was in attendance, per the BBC. The wedding was considered "the social event of 1954," according to the report.
One year after they wed, the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia. Two years later, Cynthia Jane joined the family. Their third child was a son named John, who was born in 1960. According to The Mirror, he died hours after he was born. Though Spencer was hoping for another boy, Diana Frances was born the next ...
Spencer worked as a royal equerry for both King George VI and the young Queen Elizabeth, according to the BBC, and rented a home at the Queen's estate in Sandringham when his children were young. The family lived at Park House, where Diana was born in 1961. "There's always been something special about Park House. It's difficult to put a finger on w...
Spencer and Shand Kydd's relationship began to sour in 1967. At the time, Shand Kydd had fallen in love with another man, according to The Washington Post. "We just drifted apart, and there was nothing either of us could do about it," Shand Kydd said at the time, according to The Telegraph. They divorced in 1969. Spencer was awarded sole custody of...
In 1976, Spencer wed Raine McCorquodalewithout telling his children. When Diana found out, she was so upset that she smacked her father across the face. "I was the little crusader here ... and I got really angry and I, if I remember rightly, I slapped him across the face, and I said, 'That's from all of us, for hurting us' and walked out and slamme...
Spencer walked his daughter down the aisle when she married then-Prince Charles in 1981. Three years before the wedding, Spencer suffered a stroke, which left him with some balance issues. "There are times I wish she was marrying an ordinary chap, so I could have her and my son-in-law living here with me in the park," Spencer said after Diana's eng...
Diana had a difficult relationship with her mother when she was younger, and as an adult, Diana and her mother had a falling out. Things really seemed to go south after Diana and Charles' wedding, however. "My mother let me down terribly with the wedding. She kept crying … saying that she couldn't cope with the pressure," she revealed in recordings...
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Jun 3, 2004 · The mother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has died at home in Scotland after a long illness. Frances Shand Kydd, 68, had been frail since being treated in hospital after falling ill in April.
The 68-year-old reclusive grandmother of Princes William and Harry had been ill for some time and was frail after being treated in hospital in April. Mrs Shand Kydd died at her home on Seil,...
Jun 4, 2004 · Frances Shand Kydd, who had an often turbulent relationship with her daughter Diana, Princess of Wales, died Thursday at her home in Scotland, a spokesman for her son, Earl Spencer,...
Jun 3, 2004 · A heartbroken member of what she called the "Home Alone" club, Frances Shand Kydd sought solace in her enduring Catholic faith and in local charity work. Fellow islanders were...
