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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, and thus the father-in-law of Charles III.
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Bruce was born in London in January 1917; his mother was Edith Marguerite Harrington and his father, Philip Shand, was an architectural writer. His parents divorced when he was three and his father married another three times – Bruce was said to have had no contact with his father until he was 18. His mother remarried golf course designer Herbert T...
Not a great deal is known about Camilla's mother Rosalind, who was the daughter of Roland Cubitt, a member of the British aristocracy. According to Vanity Fairmagazine, the family's wealth was mostly from Camilla's great-grandfather, who made his fortune helping build Mayfair, Pimlico, and Belgravia in London. It's interesting to note that Rosalind...
Following his military career, Major Bruce entered the wine business, eventually becoming partner at the Mayfair wine merchants firm. In 1966, Camilla started dating Andrew Parker Bowles, a lieutenant who served in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Royal Horse Guards. Their relationship was said to be "on and off" as Andrew was frequently away o...
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Apr 22, 2023 · British army officer Major Bruce Shand of the 12th Royal Lancers, marries Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe, at St Paul’s Church in Knightsbridge, London, January...
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Feb 3, 2021 · Camilla’s father, who died in 2006, was Major Bruce Shand, a decorated war hero who was captured and held as a prisoner of war during the Second World War. The duchess opened up about her...
Jun 11, 2006 · Major Bruce Shand: War hero who was Camilla's 'rock'. Major Bruce Shand, father of the Duchess of Cornwall, had a long and eventful life, winning two Military Crosses in World War II...
Jun 12, 2006 · Major Bruce Shand, who has died aged 89, was a gallant soldier, a wine merchant, a master of foxhounds and a discreet member of the Royal Household; late in life, however, he found himself...
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 Shand...
