/ Source: Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The brother of Camilla Parker Bowles, Britain's Duchess of Cornwall, died in a New York hospital on Wednesday after suffering a serious head injury as a result of a fall.
Mark Shand was 62. His sister, Parker Bowles, is the second wife of the heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles.
The royal couple said in a statement they were "utterly devastated by the tragic loss."
"Mark Shand was a man of extraordinary vitality, a tireless campaigner and conservationist whose incredible work through the Elephant Family and beyond remained his focus right up until his death," the statement added about the charity Shand had established.
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Eric Kelsey and Andrew Hay)