After a life spent in the epicentre of royal history alongside the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, Lady Pamela Hicks celebrates her 95th birthday
Despite living in the shadow of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth as her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks had a glittering life of her own as a relative of the royals.
Lady Pamela Hicks, 90, daughter of Philip's maternal uncle Lord Mountbatten, told how the Queen, 94, has a talent for 'getting the best' out of people in conversation with daughter India Hicks.
For years designer India Hicks has been sharing anecdotes about the life of her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, or Lady P, as she is affectionately known. This new visual biography is an extraordinary chronicle of Lady Pamela s life. Daughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the last viceroy of India, Lady Pamela was a first cousin to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and served as a bridesmaid and lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, before marrying legendary interior designer David Hicks. Sifting through her parents archives, India has uncovered a trove of material about her mother. This beautifully illustrated personal history includes ephemera such as letters from the Queen; images of the houses and gardens where she grew up and made her wonderfully elegant home; details of her extraordinary work during Indian independence, her marriage to David Hicks and the homes he designed for them, the assassination of her father in Ireland, and later life in the country, as well as the lessons India has learned from her mother having had a front row seat at so many historical events. An exemplary life, captured in beautiful images for lovers of history, royal watchers, and all style enthusiasts. 200 COLOR and BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS
Marlene A Eilers Koenig collection (from Lady Pamela Hicks) In the spring of 1929, Dickie Mountbatten's tour of duty in Malta was about to come to an end. It was time to return home to Brook House in London, but Edwina, who was seven and a half months pregnant, decided that she wanted one more holiday before heading home. Embed from Getty Images The couple's daughter, Patricia, then 5 years old and her nanny, were sent back to London by ship. Edwina and Dickie (Lord Louis) wanted to do some sightseeing first. Their Hispano car was brought from England. Edwina and her maid drove around Spain and northern Africa, traveling with friends to Rabat. It was in Morocco that she ran into Margaret Greville, who was apparently appalled to see the heavily pregnant Lady Louis riding a donkey. It was a long drive back to Malaga where Edwina boarded a train to Madrid and then onto Barcelona, where she and Dickie booked a suite at the Ritz Hotel. They had looked forward to a week of "gentle sightseeing," but on the morning of April 19, Edwina woke up at 6 a.m, in labor. An English doctor happened to be staying at the hospital, who called a Spanish anesthesiologist and English nurse to assist with the birth. Dickie also telephoned his first cousin, Queen Ena of Spain, but it was King Alfonso who answered the phone. King reassured told Dickie: "Leave everything to me." He sent the Royal Guard to the hospital who tried to arrest the doctor as he arrived at the hospital. Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten was born nearly ten hours later, nearly six weeks early. Her second and third names honored the Duchess of Peñeranda and Dickie's older sister, Louise, the Crown Princess of Sweden. Edwina and her infant daughter remained in the suite for three weeks. Her cousin, Marjorie, the Countess of Brecknock,, came from Paris, and Nanny traveled from London with "a supply of linen and baby clothes." The baptism took place in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace in the presence of the Prince of Wales, the King of Spain, the Duke of Gloucester and Prince George. King Alfonso XIII and Prince George were Pamela's godfathers and her godmothers were the Marchioness of Milford (Nada, the wife of Dickie's older brother George) the Countess of Brecknock and the Duchess of Peñaranda. The other guests included Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Princess Beatrice, Princess Helena Victoria, Princess Marie Louise, Miss Patricia Mountbatten, Sir Felix Cassel and the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven. Embed from Getty Images Pamela accompanied her parents to India, where Dickie oversaw the independence of India and the partitioning of India and Pakistan as separate countries. Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India. In 1947, George VI created Dickie as Earl Mountbatten of Burma & Baron Romsey. Pamela and her older sister, Patricia, now had the courtesy title of Lady before their Christian names. The family returned to England in the fall of 1947 to attend the wedding of Pamela's first cousin, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, to Princess Elizabeth. She was one of Elizabeth's bridesmaids. Embed from Getty Images (In 1981, Lady Pamela younger daughter, India, was one of the bridesmaids at the wedding of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer.) It was at a cocktail party in 1959 where Lady Pamela met her future husband, David Hicks. She wrote in her memoirs that she was "completely bowled over" by Hicks, an interior designer. "It was an unorthodox match but one that would change my life completely." They were married at Romsey Abbey on January 13, 1960. Embed from Getty Images Lady Pamela and David Hicks, a renowned interior designer, had three children: Edwina (1961), Ashley (1963) and India(1967). Edwina, whose marriage to Jeremy Brudenell ended in divorce in 2004, has three children, Maddison May, Jordan and Rowan, and two granddaughters, Daphne and Phebe Modupe-Ojo. Ashley has been married twice and has four children, two daughters, Angelica and Ambrosia by his first wife, Allegra Tondato and two sons, Caspian and Horatio, by his now estranged wife, Kata Sharkey de Solis. India lives in the Bahamas with her longtime partner, David Flintwood and their four children: Felix, Amory, Conrad, and Domino Flintwood. David Hicks died in 1998. Photo by Marlene Eilers Koenig in 1980s Lady Brabourne (later 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma) and Lady Pamela Hicks Lady Pamela lives in Oxfordshire. She is the author of two books: Daughter of Empire and India Remembered. https://royalbooknews.blogspot.com/2013/02/daughter-if-empire-life-as-mountbatten.html Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images
India Hicks has shared this wonderful picture of her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, and grandfather, Lord Mountbatten! Lady Pamela wears the famous Mountbatten Tiara which she inherited from her mother and sold in 2002. More Here: https://t.co/zgH9VEBMRl
A source of inspiration for the film Viceroy's House Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the 1920s into one of Britain's grandest families. The daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his glamorous wife Edwina Ashley, she was brought up by nannies and governesses as she was often parted from her parents as they dutifully carried out their public roles. A solitary child, she learned to occupy her days lost in a book, riding or playing with the family's animals (which included at different times a honey bear, chameleons, a bush baby, two wallabies, a lion, a mongoose and a coati mundi). Her parents' vast social circle included royalty, film stars, senior service officers, politicians and celebrities. Noel Coward invited Pamela to watch him filming; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. dropped in for tea and Churchill would call for 'a word with Dickie'. After the war, Pamela truly came of age in India, while her parents were the Last Viceroy and Vicereine. This introduction to the country would start a life-long love affair with the people and the place.
After a life spent in the epicentre of royal history alongside the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, Lady Pamela Hicks celebrates her 95th birthday
The sale catalogue for the contents of Britwell House, sold by direction of Mr David and Lady Pamela Hicks. A collection put together between 1960 and 1979, while they owned and lived in the house. With over 1,300 lots - many of which are illustrated and some have a hand written sale price.
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Lady Pamela Hicks, the daughter of Lord Mountbatten and cousin of Prince Philip, turned 93 yesterday, celebrating with a visit from some rather unusual animals at home in Oxfordshire.
Lady Pamela Hicks, 93, Who was Queen Elizabeth II's bridesmaid at her wedding, was pictured arriving at the monarch's funeral. She was wheeled in by her
Despite living in the shadow of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth as her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks had a glittering life of her own as a relative of the royals.
Despite living in the shadow of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth as her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks had a glittering life of her own as a relative of the royals.
Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine claimed the real reason Lady Pamela Hicks isn't invited to the Coronation in London tomorrow is because her father prevented Charles from marrying Camilla.
Lady Pamela Hicks - whose father, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was Prince Philip's uncle - attended the Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey in a wheelchair last September.
David Hicks, 52, a second cousin to Prince Charles, married fashionista Kata de Solis, 34, on Saturday at his Oxfordshire home, pictured, writes SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE.
Despite living in the shadow of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth as her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks had a glittering life of her own as a relative of the royals.
Lady Pamela Hicks - whose father, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was Prince Philip's uncle - attended the Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey in a wheelchair last September.
Despite living in the shadow of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth as her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks had a glittering life of her own as a relative of the royals.
Despite living in the shadow of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth as her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks had a glittering life of her own as a relative of the royals.
Lady Pamela Hicks - whose father, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was Prince Philip's uncle - attended the Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey in a wheelchair last September.
Lady India Hicks shared a tribute to the late Duke of Edinburgh on Instagram in which she hailed his mixture of 'teasing and unexpected kindness' one of the Royal Family's most valuable assets.
Despite living in the shadow of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth as her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks had a glittering life of her own as a relative of the royals.
Lady Pamela, 91, shares her intimate memories from fascinating never-before-seen journal entries with her daughter India Hicks, 53, in My Years With The Queen, an ITV documentary.
The Queen's former lady-in-waiting Lady Pamela Hicks stifled a smile as she told the story on daughter India Hicks' Instagram. The regal raconteur, 91, said the Indian royal had suddenly dropped dead.
After a life spent in the epicentre of royal history alongside the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, Lady Pamela Hicks celebrates her 95th birthday
Lady Pamela Hicks - whose father, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was Prince Philip's uncle - attended the Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey in a wheelchair last September.
Ahead of King Charles’s Coronation, India Hicks took time to reflect on attending the Queen’s funeral with her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks
The exact details of what went on are now revealed by Pamela Hicks in her new memoirs Daughter Of Empire
Lady Pamela Hicks, Prince Philip’s cousin and the King’s first cousin once removed, will not be at the Coronation, her daughter India Hicks has revealed
Lady Pamela Hicks, 90, recalled her experience accompanying her cousin the Duke of Edinburgh and close friend the Queen on the Commonwealth tour from November 1953-May 1954.
Lady Pamela Hicks, 90, daughter of Philip's maternal uncle Lord Mountbatten, told how the Queen, 94, has a talent for 'getting the best' out of people in conversation with daughter India Hicks.
Lady Pamela Hicks, 93, who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of the Queen and Prince Philip at Westminster Abbey in 1947, shares cherished memories from their friendship.
Lady Pamela Hicks, who is the first cousin to Prince Philip, also said the ill-fated marriage 'absolutely destroyed' Prince Charles.
After a life spent in the epicentre of royal history alongside the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, Lady Pamela Hicks celebrates her 95th birthday
Despite living in the shadow of reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth as her lady-in-waiting, Lady Pamela Hicks had a glittering life of her own as a relative of the royals.
Lady Pamela, 91, daughter of Philip's maternal uncle Lord 'Dickie' Mountbatten, was a lady-in-waiting to the Queen and a bridesmaid at their 1947 wedding.
