Editing Peter Shand Kydd

{{Short description|Stepfather of Diana, Princess of Wales (1925–2006)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2011}}

{{Infobox person
| name               = Peter Shand Kydd
| birth_date         = 23 April 1925
| death_date         = {{death date and age|23 March 2006|23 April 1925|df=y}}
| spouse             = 
{{Marriage|[[Frances Shand Kydd|Frances Spencer]]|2 May 1969|1990|end=div.}}
| mother             = Frances Madalein Foy
| father             = Norman Shand Kydd
}}

'''Peter Shand Kydd''' (23 April 1925 &ndash; 23 March 2006)<ref>[https://www.geni.com/people/Peter-Kydd/6000000000632163107 Peter Shand Kydd]</ref> was the stepfather of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], and an heir to the wallpaper fortune built by his father Norman Shand Kydd (1895–1962). His mother was Frances Madalein Foy (1900–1983), whose uncle was the Australian businessman [[Mark Foy (businessman)|Mark Foy]]. He was half-brother to champion amateur jockey William Shand Kydd (1937–2014), who was the husband of Christina Muriel Duncan, sister of [[Veronica Bingham, The Countess of Lucan|Veronica Bingham, Countess of Lucan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=William Shand Kydd 1937-2014|date=January 2015 |url=http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/william-shand-kydd-1937-2014.html|publisher=Peerage News}}</ref>

==Marriages==
He married Janet Munro Kerr, granddaughter of [[John Martin Munro Kerr]]. He sold the family business in 1962 and moved his family to "Kooringa", Young, NSW, Australia, where he became a sheep farmer.

After selling the property and returning to England, and still married, he began an affair with Diana's mother (Frances) [[Frances Shand Kydd|Viscountess Althorp]]. She was married to [[John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer|John Spencer, Viscount Althorp]], later 8th Earl Spencer. They both divorced, and then were free to marry each other, which they did on 2 May 1969. He thus became stepfather to her four children, including Diana, although the Viscount eventually won the bitter custody battle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Life of luxury stripped sparse by tragedy|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/uk/life-of-luxury-stripped-sparse-by-tragedy-1-535437|accessdate=27 May 2013|newspaper=Scotsman|date=4 June 2004}}</ref> They lived in [[Buckinghamshire]] and [[West Itchenor]], [[West Sussex]], finally settling on a 1,000 acre (4&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) farm on the remote Scottish island of [[Seil]]. The couple separated in June 1988.<ref name="Telegraph obit">{{cite news|title=Frances Shand Kydd|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/1463546/Frances-Shand-Kydd.html|accessdate=27 April 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 June 2004}}</ref> Frances blamed the pressure of media attention, following the rise to fame of Diana, for the breakdown of the marriage.

In 1993, Shand Kydd married Marie-Pierre Palmer (''née'' Bécret),<ref name="standard/7231369">{{cite news |last1=Riddington |first1=Max |title=The truth about Di |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/the-truth-about-di-7231369.html |access-date=14 November 2022 |work=[[Evening Standard]] |agency=[[Daily Mail]] |date=13 April 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="thefreelibrary/a0117653046">{{cite news |title=Lonely End of Diana's Sad Mum - a Life of Turmoil for the Mother of the World's Tragic Princess - Family absent as Shand Kydd dies |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/LONELY+END+OF+DIANA%27S+SAD+MUM%3B+A+LIFE+OF+TURMOIL+FOR+THE+M+MOTHER+OF...-a0117653046 |access-date=14 November 2022 |work=[[Daily Record (Scotland)]] |location=Glasgow, Scotland |via=[[Free Online Library]]}}</ref> who ran a champagne-importing business in London,<ref>Max Riddington. ''Frances - The Remarkable Story of Princess Diana's Mother''</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2017}} which lasted until April 1995.{{cn|date=February 2017}}

== Descendants ==
By his first wife, Shand Kydd had three children. Their elder son, Adam Shand Kydd, was born in 1954 and became a novelist, before dying in Cambodia in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|title=Adam Shand Kydd|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1461654/Adam-Shand-Kydd.html|accessdate=21 March 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=12 May 2004}}</ref> His youngest son is [[John Shand Kydd]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barber|first1=Lynn|title=The accidental artist|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/may/09/photography|accessdate=21 March 2018|work=The Guardian|date=8 May 2004}}</ref>

==Death==
Peter Shand Kydd died on 23 March 2006, aged 80. He was buried on 6 April 2006 in [[Aldeburgh]], [[Suffolk]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Diana's stepdad to have Suffolk funeral | newspaper = [[East Anglian Daily Times]] | date = 2006-03-31 | url = http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/diana_s_stepdad_to_have_suffolk_funeral_1_74894 | accessdate = 2014-04-23}}</ref>

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