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Jun 29, 2024 · Queen Camilla, whose father Major Bruce Shand served in the Army for a decade and earned two Military Crosses, praised servicemen and women as a “source of inspiration, reassurance and pride”...
Jun 29, 2024 · Major Shand served with the 12th Lancers during the Second World War and was awarded the Military Cross in 1940, during the retreat to Dunkirk, and again in 1942 for his efforts in North Africa. He...
Jun 29, 2024 · On the table sits a photo of the King taken at Clarence House in his Royal Navy uniform as Admiral of the Fleet and photo of parents Major Bruce Shand and Rosalind Cubitt on their wedding day.
Jun 29, 2024 · Major Shand served with the 12th Lancers during the Second World War and was awarded the Military Cross for his efforts during the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and in North Africa in 1942, and was later wounded and captured while fighting in the same area. He died in June 2006, aged 89.
Jun 29, 2024 · The message was recorded in Clarence House’s morning room that featured a picture of the Queen’s parents on their wedding day, January 2 1946, with her mother, then Rosalind Cubitt, posing with her father Major Bruce Shand outside St Paul’s Church in Knightsbridge, London.
Jun 29, 2024 · The Queen spoke in front of a photo of her father, Major Bruce Shand, who served with the 12th Lancers during World War Two.
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Jun 11, 2024 · Her father, Major Bruce Shand, served in the 12th Royal Lancers in France during the war. While the King and Queen were at the national commemorative event, the Prince of Wales praised. Veteran Ronald Hendrey, 99, at the Bayeux War Cemetery in Normandy.
