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==Death and burial== Frances died at her home in Scotland at the age of 68 on 3 June 2004, following a long illness that included [[Parkinson's disease]] and [[Brain tumor|brain cancer]].<ref name="hello">{{Cite news|title=Princess Diana's mother dies after a long illness|newspaper=HELLO! magazine|location=UK|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2004/06/03/francesshandkydd/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=3 June 2004|title=Diana's mother dies 'peacefully'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3774247.stm|access-date=29 May 2018|publisher=BBC}}</ref> Her funeral at [[St Columba's Cathedral]] in [[Oban]] on 10 June was attended by her children, sister and grandchildren, including princes [[William, Prince of Wales|William]] (who gave a reading) and [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|Harry]].<ref name="mea4june">{{cite news|last=Meade|first=Geoff|date=4 June 2004|title=Princes mourning their grandmother|newspaper=The Journal|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Princes+mourning+their+grandmother.-a0117651940|access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="per11jun">{{cite news|last1=Perry|first1=Simon|last2=Norman|first2=Pete|date=11 June 2004|title=Diana's Mum Laid to Rest, Without Charles|newspaper=People|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,650151,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320012337/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,650151,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 March 2008|access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> Their father, her former son-in-law, Prince Charles, did not attend because he was travelling to Washington to represent the Royal Family at the [[Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan|state funeral of the former US President Ronald Reagan]] the following day. Frances was buried in [[Pennyfuir Cemetery]] in Oban, Argyll and Bute.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/jun/11/monarchy.gerardseenan|title=Earl Spencer denies family rift|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=10 June 2004}}</ref>
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