Son of Norman Shand-Kydd and Freda Minnie Shand-Kydd Née Harrison
Bill Shand Kydd, who has died aged 77, was a businessman, daredevil sportsman, racehorse breeder and trainer, a one-time gambler and, by his own admission, a serial womaniser; he was also related, by marriage, to two of the most fascinating figures of the second half of the 20th century – Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Earl of Lucan, the peer who vanished after his children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, was found murdered in 1974.
Bill Shand Kydd’s relationship to the princess was a distant one and he did not claim to know her well: his elder half-brother, Peter Shand Kydd, was married for 19 years to Diana’s mother Frances after she left her first husband, Earl Spencer. He was much closer to Lord Lucan (he was married to Christina, sister of Lucan’s wife Veronica) and played a cameo role in the events before and after the Earl’s sensational disappearance.
(The Telegraph 31 Dec 2014)
Bill Shand Kydd, who has died aged 77, was a businessman, daredevil sportsman, racehorse breeder and trainer, a one-time gambler and, by his own admission, a serial womaniser; he was also related, by marriage, to two of the most fascinating figures of the second half of the 20th century – Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Earl of Lucan, the peer who vanished after his children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, was found murdered in 1974.
Bill Shand Kydd’s relationship to the princess was a distant one and he did not claim to know her well: his elder half-brother, Peter Shand Kydd, was married for 19 years to Diana’s mother Frances after she left her first husband, Earl Spencer. He was much closer to Lord Lucan (he was married to Christina, sister of Lucan’s wife Veronica) and played a cameo role in the events before and after the Earl’s sensational disappearance.
(The Telegraph 31 Dec 2014)
Son of Norman Shand-Kydd and Freda Minnie Shand-Kydd Née Harrison
Bill Shand Kydd, who has died aged 77, was a businessman, daredevil sportsman, racehorse breeder and trainer, a one-time gambler and, by his own admission, a serial womaniser; he was also related, by marriage, to two of the most fascinating figures of the second half of the 20th century – Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Earl of Lucan, the peer who vanished after his children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, was found murdered in 1974.
Bill Shand Kydd’s relationship to the princess was a distant one and he did not claim to know her well: his elder half-brother, Peter Shand Kydd, was married for 19 years to Diana’s mother Frances after she left her first husband, Earl Spencer. He was much closer to Lord Lucan (he was married to Christina, sister of Lucan’s wife Veronica) and played a cameo role in the events before and after the Earl’s sensational disappearance.
(The Telegraph 31 Dec 2014)
Bill Shand Kydd, who has died aged 77, was a businessman, daredevil sportsman, racehorse breeder and trainer, a one-time gambler and, by his own admission, a serial womaniser; he was also related, by marriage, to two of the most fascinating figures of the second half of the 20th century – Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Earl of Lucan, the peer who vanished after his children’s nanny, Sandra Rivett, was found murdered in 1974.
Bill Shand Kydd’s relationship to the princess was a distant one and he did not claim to know her well: his elder half-brother, Peter Shand Kydd, was married for 19 years to Diana’s mother Frances after she left her first husband, Earl Spencer. He was much closer to Lord Lucan (he was married to Christina, sister of Lucan’s wife Veronica) and played a cameo role in the events before and after the Earl’s sensational disappearance.
(The Telegraph 31 Dec 2014)
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