Nina Dyer

Nina Sheila Dyer (15 February 1930 – 3 July 1965) was an Anglo-Indian model and socialite. Through her marriages, she became a wealthy baroness, then a princess.

Early life Dyer was born on 15 February 1930 in British Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka). Her father was British tea plantation owner, Stanley Dyer, and her mother was Indian, making Dyer Anglo-Indian. She grew up on the tea plantation in Ceylon. Dyer also became a socialite, mingled in international high society circles and attended glamorous parties on the French Riviera. known as "Heini", as his second wife. After the marriage, she was styled as baroness. They had allegedly begun an affair whilst he was still married to his first wife, Princess Teresa of Lippe-Weissenfeld. Before their marriage, Thyssen-Bornemisza gave Dyer cars, jewels, one of four wild chinchilla fur coats in the world and two pet black panthers. One Valentine’s Day, he gave her Pellew Island in Jamaica as a gift.

Second marriage On 27 August 1957, in the Khan family mansion in Collonges-Bellerive, near Geneva, Switzerland, Dyer married Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan. He was the son of Sir Sultan Aga Khan III, 48th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili, and Princess Andrée Joséphine Carron. Dyer converted to Shia Islam, was styled as princess and took the name Shirin, meaning sweetness.

Prince Aga Khan gave up his place in the succession in order to marry Dyer, as she had previously been married. He gifted her with luxury cars, jewels and Jamaican Tiamo Island,

Death Dyer suffered from depression. She died by suicide at her chateau in France after taking an overdose of sleeping pills on 3 July 1965. Her will stipulated that proceeds from the sale of her jewels and cars after her death would be left to animal welfare charities.