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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.
- 1937–1947
- Major
Wed 21 Jun 2006 19.01 EDT. Major Bruce Shand, who has died aged 89, was famous for keeping his cool: this earned him two military crosses in the second world war and, half a century later, the...
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. 1981)....
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Jun 13, 2006 · June 13, 2006 12 AM PT. From Times Staff and Wire Reports. Maj. Bruce Shand, 89, father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, died Sunday at home in Dorset, on England’s south coast, her spokesman...
Dec 20, 2021 · Camilla shared stories of her father, Major Bruce Shand, as the patron of the British Forces Broadcasting Service. Hannah Furness, Royal Correspondent 20 December 2021 • 12:01am. The Duchess of...
- Hannah Furness
- Royal Correspondent
Jun 12, 2006 · 12 June 2006 • 12:02am. 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,...
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...
