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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.
Apr 22, 2023 · Camilla's parents: Rosalind Cubitt and Bruce Shand. Keystone // Getty Images. British army officer Major Bruce Shand of the 12th Royal Lancers, marries Rosalind Cubitt, daughter of Roland...
Feb 20, 2021 · 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.
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 had ...
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 before...
Apr 22, 2024 · Her father Major Bruce Shand served in the 12th Lancers - which is now part of the Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own) - and won a Military Cross for gallantry during the Battle of Dunkirk in the Second World War.
May 8, 2020 · Second Lieutenant Bruce Shand on the day of his commissioning from Sandhurst into the 12th Royal Lancers, taken 28th January 1937. In 1990, Major Shand wrote a book about his experiences in the Second World War which he dedicated to his grandsons.
Jun 11, 2006 · 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.
Jun 11, 2006 · The Duchess of Cornwall's father Major Bruce Shand has died at the age of 89, Clarence House said. The former Cavalry officer died at his home in Dorset on Sunday morning with his family...
Dec 20, 2021 · Sharing tales from the military service of her father, Major Bruce Shand, she said the simple matter of hearing a friendly voice over the airways could make an important difference to...
