Her nephew was Major Hugh Lindsay, an equerry to Queen Elizabeth II, who was killed on 10 March 1988, aged 34, in a ski accident after being caught up in an avalanche on Gotschnagrat Mountain while accompanying Charles III as Prince of Wales, on a holiday in Klosters in Switzerland.

[3] As the Hon Viola Lyttelton she gained the rank of Flying Officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, during World War II, where she was mentioned in dispatches.

She famously ordered workmen to drill holes in the ceiling of Florence Court, the stately home in County Fermanagh, to drain water away during a serious fire which almost destroyed it in 1955.

Her funeral was held at St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen amid high security during The Troubles due to her Royal and family connections - her son Gerald also being at the time the UK's richest man.

A memorial service was subsequently held in June 1987 at St. Michael's Church, Chester Square, which was attended by Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester and Sir Edward Heath, and included a performance by Julian Lloyd Webber.