Dame Frances Olivia Campbell-Preston was a British courtier and author who served as lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from 1965 to 2002.
10 Facts About Frances Campbell-Preston
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Frances Campbell-Preston was the sister-in-law of the actress and comedian Joyce Grenfell and aunt of the politician William Waldegrave, and her brother-in-law was Lord Ballantrae, Governor-General of New Zealand.
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Frances Campbell-Preston was educated firstly at a Parents' National Educational Union school, whose teaching was based on the ideas of Charlotte Mason.
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Frances Campbell-Preston then attended St Paul's Girls' School in London.
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Frances Campbell-Preston died in a car crash in 1960, after he and Frances had had four children.
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Frances Campbell-Preston was a member of Argyll County Council from 1960 to 1964 before being asked in 1965 by the Queen Mother's private secretary, Sir Martin Gilliat, who had been imprisoned with her husband at Colditz, to become a lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother.
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Frances Campbell-Preston continued in that role, attending events nationally and abroad, until the Queen Mother's death in 2002.
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Frances Campbell-Preston was described as a stalwart of the staff who was not hesitant to ask the Queen Mother difficult questions when other members were reluctant.
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Frances Campbell-Preston turned 100 on 2 September 2018, and died on 22 November 2022 at age 104.
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Frances Campbell-Preston was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1977 New Year Honours and promoted to Dame Commander on the occasion of the Queen Mother's 90th birthday in the 1990 Queen Mother's Birthday Honours.