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Bruce Middleton Hope Shand, MC & Bar, DL (22 January 1917 – 11 June 2006) was an officer in the British Army who served in France as part of the British Expeditionary Force during the Second World War. He was the father of Queen Camilla. After the war he became a wine merchant.
Feb 20, 2021 · Bruce Shand was a former army officer, a wine merchant and a vice lord lieutenant who met the royal family through his role. He married Rosalind Cubitt, a descendant of King Edward VII's mistress, and had three children, including Camilla Parker-Bowles.
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Queen Camilla's father, Bruce Shand, was taken as a prisoner of war in Germany - and earned a Military Cross for valour.
Jun 13, 2006 · Maj. Bruce Shand, 89, father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, died Sunday at home in Dorset, on England’s south coast, her spokesman said. The cause of death was not disclosed, but...
May 8, 2020 · Major Bruce Shand M.C. was a soldier and a prisoner of war in the Second World War. The Duchess of Cornwall shares extracts from his book Previous Engagements, based on his letters and diary, for VE Day.
Jun 11, 2006 · Major Bruce Shand, father of the Duchess of Cornwall, was a war hero, wine merchant and huntsman. He kept silent about his daughter's affair with Prince Charles and supported her marriage to him.
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Apr 22, 2024 · Camilla, the Queen Consort, met the Royal Lancers as its Colonel-in-Chief, where her father Major Bruce Shand served in World War Two. She inspected the regiment, awarded medals, and viewed the tunic and letter of her late father.
