Diana’s stepbrother dies

LONDON – Adam Shand Kydd, stepbrother of Princess Diana, has died in Cambodia, Britain’s Foreign Office and Cambodian police said.

Shand Kydd, 49, whose father married Diana’s mother in 1969, died of a suspected drug overdose, Ngam Ry, a municipal police officer in Phnom Penh, said on Tuesday. His body was found on a bed at his rented home late on Monday, he said.The Foreign Office said it had no details about the circumstances of the death.”We are in contact with the next of kin and providing assistance,” a spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity.”We have no information about whether the death is being treated as suspicious.”At the Althorp estate of Diana’s brother Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer, a spokesman confirmed Shand Kydd was the princess’s brother, but said the family had no comment at this stage.- Nampa-APHis body was found on a bed at his rented home late on Monday, he said.The Foreign Office said it had no details about the circumstances of the death.”We are in contact with the next of kin and providing assistance,” a spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity.”We have no information about whether the death is being treated as suspicious.”At the Althorp estate of Diana’s brother Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer, a spokesman confirmed Shand Kydd was the princess’s brother, but said the family had no comment at this stage.- Nampa-AP

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