Prince Charles' brother-in-law dies in NYC fall
Mark Shand, Prince Charles's brother-in-law and the brother of Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, died Wednesday of head injuries suffered after slipping and falling outside a New York nightclub, the British media report.
Shand, 62, is believed to have hit his head on the pavement while smoking a cigarette outside the club. He had been attending and after party for following an auction for his charity, Elephant House, which helps save endangered elephants.
The accident occurred outside the Diamond Horseshoe Club, the Daily Mirror reports.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/23/mark-shand-prince-charles-camilla-parker-bowels-duchess-of-cornwall/8055323/
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