Marriage, Issue and Retirement
On 31 August 1979 van der Byl was married to HSH Princess Charlotte Maria Benedikte Eleonore Adelheid of Liechtenstein (born 1953), a daughter of Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria and Prince Henry of Liechtenstein. Princess Charlotte was thirty years his junior, and the couple had three sons.
In 1983 van der Byl had inherited from his mother a property described as "the magnificent estate .. near Caledon in the Western Cape," and following the end of his political career had no need to keep a home in Zimbabwe. He left as a rich man, with an attractive young wife, and enjoyed his retirement. He frequently visited London, where he was a good friend of Viscount Cranborne, who put him up for membership of the Turf Club. Both were members of White's Club and were often seen there when van der Byl was in town.
Four days after his 76th birthday, van der Byl died at Fairfield, in Caledon, Western Cape. In his obituary, Dan van der Vat wrote "The arrival of majority rule in South Africa made no difference, and he died a very wealthy man."
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