Mark Shand

Mark Shand
Mark Shand
Born	Mark Roland Shand; 28 June 1951; London, England
Died	23 April 2014 (aged 62); New York City, U.S.
Education	St. Ronan's School, Kent; Milton Abbey School, Dorset;
Occupations	Travel writer; Conservationist;
Spouse	Clio Goldsmith (m. 1990; div. 2009)
Children	Ayesha Lalitha Shand
Parents	Bruce Shand; Rosalind Cubitt;
Relatives	Queen Camilla (sister); Annabel Elliot (sister); King Charles III (brother-in-law);

Mark Roland Shand (28 June 1951 – 23 April 2014) was a British travel writer and conservationist, as well as the brother of Queen Camilla. Shand was the author of four travel books and as a BBC conservationist, appeared in documentaries related to his journeys, most of which centered on the survival of elephants. His book Travels on My Elephant became a bestseller and won the Travel Writer of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 1992. He was the chairman of Elephant Family, a wildlife foundation, which he co-founded in 2002.

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