Major Bruce Shand MC, The Duchess of Cornwall’s father, passed away on Sunday, 11th June.

He had been unwell for some time and his family was with him when he died at his home in Dorset.

Major Shand joined the Army as a Second Lieutenant in the 12th Royal Lancers and within a short time of the outbreak of war in 1939, had earned two Military Crosses – Military Cross and Bar.

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