Rosalind Maud Shand was the daughter of Roland Cubitt, 3rd Baron Ashcombe.
14 Facts About Rosalind Shand
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Rosalind Shand was the wife of army officer Major Bruce Shand and the mother of Queen Camilla.
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Rosalind Shand's father was the son of Henry Cubitt, 2nd Baron Ashcombe, and became 3rd Baron Ashcombe after his death.
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Rosalind Shand had two younger siblings: Henry Cubitt, who succeeded his father as the 4th Baron Ashcombe, and Jeremy Cubitt, who died in 1958 at the age of 30.
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Rosalind Shand's family was the aristocratic and wealthy Cubitt family, which founded the Cubitt construction company.
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Rosalind Shand was a goddaughter of Dame Margaret Greville and inherited some of her fortune.
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Rosalind Shand was named by the press as the 1939 'Debutante of the Year'.
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Rosalind Shand had her debutante ball on 6 July 1939 at the Holland House in Kensington, London.
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Rosalind Shand later retired from the British Army after winning two Military Crosses and being a German prisoner of war.
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Rosalind Shand volunteered at the Chailey Heritage Foundation, which helps young children with disabilities, in the 1960s and 1970s located at North Chailey, East Sussex.
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Rosalind Shand worked there as a volunteer for 17 years.
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Rosalind Shand died at Lewes, East Sussex on 14 July 1994 aged 72, having long suffered from osteoporosis.
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Rosalind Shand was survived by her husband, her three children and five grandchildren.
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Rosalind Shand's youngest granddaughter, Ayesha, was born a year after her death.