Her father, Bruce Shand, was taken as a prisoner of war in Germany - and earned a Military Cross for valour. Major Shand, who died in June 2006, was commissioned into the 12th Royal Lancers in ...

A guest room is to be provided for her elderly father, Major Bruce Shand. The Queen Mother's former home, refurbished at a £4.6million cost to the taxpayer, will in the next few weeks become the ...