Background
Elder son and heir of Sir Cyril Holland Shakerley, 5th Baronet, by Elizabeth Averil, née Eardley-Wilmot, he was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford.
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Geoffrey Shakerley
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Harrow School; Trinity College.
Career
After serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and studying for the Bar exams, he decided that his interest in photography would make a more fulfilling career. Shakerley photographed the wedding of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie Rhys-Jones. lieutenant was later admitted that Prince William"s face was digitally enhanced by taking a happier smile from another photograph and placing it on some of the released shots to the press
He admitted to having used telephone directories, in time-honoured tradition, to adjust the height of some wedding guests in his shots.
On 27 July 1972, Shakerley married Lady Elizabeth Anson, daughter of Thomas, Viscount Anson, and Anne Bowes-Lyon, in Westminster Abbey. Her brother was society fashion photographer Patrick Lichfield.
The Princess Anne was one of the bridesmaids. Lady Elizabeth was one of the bridesmaids to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
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United Kingdom