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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.
Apr 22, 2023 · Bruce Shand was born on January 22, 1917 in London England, to Philip Morton Shand (b. 1888, d. 1960), an architectural writer and critic, and Edith Marguerite Harrington (b. 1893, d....
Jun 11, 2006 · Major Bruce Shand, father of the Duchess of Cornwall, had a long and eventful life, winning two Military Crosses in World War II before becoming a respected wine merchant and huntsman. Major...
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...
Apr 22, 2024 · Camilla, 76, will view a Second World War tunic that belonged to her father, Major Bruce Shand, a 12th Royal Lancer who won the Military Cross during the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and again at...
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 servicemen...
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...
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...
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 · In an excerpt from his book Previous Engagements, selected by Her Royal Highness to share on VE Day, Major Shand recalls his time serving in North Africa in 1942 which saw him lose two of his closest comrades during the Battle of El Alamein and taken to Germany as a prisoner of war.
