honorific_prefix caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place cause_of_death religion children title nationality parents birth_date known_for spouse article_title name
the honourable in 1954 3 june 2004 seil , argyll and bute , scotland frances ruth roche park house , sandringham , norfolk , england parkinson 's disease brain cancer roman catholic -lrb- formerly church of england -rrb- lady hon john spencer diana , princess of wales charles spencer sarah , 9th earl spencer mccorquodale jane fellowes , baroness fellowes the the -rrb- viscountess althorp -lrb- 1954 -- 1969 -rrb- the honourable honourable frances shand kydd -lrb- 1969 -- 2004 -rrb- frances ruth roche -lrb- 1936 -- 1954 british edmund baroness fermoy roche , 4th baron fermoy ruth roche , 20 january 1936 mother of diana , princess of wales john -rrb- peter shand kydd -lrb- 1969 -- 1990 -rrb- spencer , viscount althorp -lrb- 1954 -- 1969 frances shand kydd
 frances shand kydd
frances shand kydd

frances ruth shand kydd -lrb- née roche ; 20 january 1936 -- 3 june 2004 -rrb- was the mother of diana , princess of wales .
her biographer , max riddington , who was the writer of `` frances : the remarkable story of princess diana 's mother '' , described shand kydd as a woman who was `` certainly complicated '' and also `` funny , warm , intelligent , and energetic . ''
after diana 's death on 31 august 1997 , shand kydd devoted the final years of her life to roman catholic charity work .
