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It was an emotional day for Queen Camilla, who earlier today visited The Royal Lancers - the regiment her later father served with - in North Yorkshire.
Major Bruce Shand won two Military Crosses during fighting across Europe and North Africa during the Second World War
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Queen Camilla visited the Royal Lancers for the first time as Colonel-in-Chief, paying tribute to the regiment her father belonged to and wearing a special brooch that belonged to Queen Elizabeth.
Camilla's grandfather, writer Philip Morton Shand (top inset), brutally beat his wife Edith when she was four months pregnant with the Queen's father, Major Bruce Shand, in August 1916.
Drake appears to have purchased the yellow gold and ruby encrusted crown ring, which recently sold at auction for a whopping $1.02 million.