Editing Frances Shand Kydd (section)

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{{short description|Mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (1936–2004)}}
{{Infobox noble
| honorific_prefix   = [[The Honourable]]
| name               = Frances Shand Kydd
| image              = FrancesShandKyddImage.jpg
| caption            = Shand Kydd in 2002
| birth_name         = Frances Ruth Roche
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1936|1|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Sandringham House|Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], England
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2004|6|3|1936|1|20|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Seil]], [[Argyll and Bute]], Scotland
| resting_place      = [[Pennyfuir Cemetery]], [[Oban]], Argyll and Bute, Scotland
| title              = [[Earl Spencer (peerage)|Viscountess Althorp]]
| spouse             = {{Ubl
  |{{Marriage|[[John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer|John Spencer, Viscount Althorp]]|1 June 1954|1969|end=div.}}
  |{{Marriage|[[Peter Shand Kydd]]|2 May 1969|1990|end=div.}}
}}
| issue              = {{Ubl
  |[[Lady Sarah McCorquodale]]
  |[[Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes]]
  |John Spencer
  |[[Diana, Princess of Wales]]
  |[[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer]]
}}
| mother             = [[Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy|Ruth Sylvia Gill]]
| father             = [[Maurice Roche, 4th Baron Fermoy]]
}}
'''Frances Ruth Shand Kydd''' (previously '''Spencer''', ''née'' '''Roche'''; 20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) 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 [[John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer|Viscount Althorp]] in 1969, and [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana's death]] in 1997, Shand Kydd devoted the final years of her life to Catholic charity work following her conversion to Catholicism.