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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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Sep 8, 2023 · Camilla was born in 1947 to Major Bruce Shand, a polo-playing, fox-hunting army officer turned Mayfair wine merchant, and Rosalind Shand, daughter of Roland Cubitt, the third Baron Ashcombe.
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 ...
Apr 22, 2024 · Major Bruce Shand won two Military Crosses during fighting across Europe and North Africa during the Second World War. 22 April 2024 • 12:01am. The Queen's personal...
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.
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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.
