Background
Elliot is the daughter of Major Bruce Shand (1917–2006) and his wife, the Honorary Rosalind Maud Cubitt (1921–1994), daughter of the 3rd Baron Ashcombe and Sonia Rosemary Keppel.
Elliot is the daughter of Major Bruce Shand (1917–2006) and his wife, the Honorary Rosalind Maud Cubitt (1921–1994), daughter of the 3rd Baron Ashcombe and Sonia Rosemary Keppel.
She is the sister of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. Elliot went to Florence, Italy to study fine art They have three children: Ben, Alice and Catherine.
The shop has been running for 30 years.
She began renovating the Duchy of Cornwall estates. She has designed the interior of 12 Duchy of Cornwalls cottages on the Isles of Scilly, holiday cottages at Restormel Castle and has also performed work on Prince Charles’s estate Llwynywermod in Wales.
In 2011, Elliot renovated Bovey Castle Hotel in Devon and received recognition and positive feedback as an interior designer. Bovey Castle Hotel made the 2011 Gold List as one of the world"s best places to stay.
The same year she helped furnish the new sustainable building of The Duchy Nursery in Lostwithiel.
Elliot furnished Dumfries Lodge House in Ayrshire, Scotland which was opened for business by Prince Charles in 2012. Elliot also furnished the Highgrove House Shops, which sells products for home and garden. In 2014, the Daily Telegraph ranked Elliot as the fifth most influential female interior designer in Britain.
Elliot has been a patron of British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) since 2005, she cites her mother Rosalind, who worked for an adoption agency, for influencing her to support the charity.