He married his first wife, the actress
Virginia Maskell in 1962; the couple had two children, born in 1963 and 1966, but Maskell died, by suicide, in 1968, by taking an overdose of sleeping tablets, and from exposure after lying down in a wood. 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. They had one daughter, born 18 August 1973. Lady Elizabeth and Shakerley separated in 1986 and divorced in 2009. His third wife was Virginia Hobson, whom he married in 2010. ==References==