The King’s goddaughter, India Hicks, has touched hearts with a warm and joyful tribute to her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, after the aristocrat’s death was confirmed at the age of 97.
Sharing memories along with the announcement, India reflected not only on her mother’s extraordinary life but also on her famously energetic approach to living well.
He once jokingly credited simple pleasures: chocolate cookies at eleven and a lifelong fondness for sweets like the Charbonnel et Walker and Toblerone chocolates he had on hand.
India also recalled her mother’s enduring belief in always maintaining a sense of occasion, noting that even the most ordinary moments were greeted with her characteristic elegance, humor and insistence on being “dressed appropriately even for the pub.”
Lady Pamela lived a life closely intertwined with the Royal Family.
The daughter of Lord Mountbatten of Burma, she was a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and a cousin of Prince Philip, and later became a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
His long-standing relationship with the late Queen began in childhood and evolved into a relationship of deep personal trust.
Pamela was one of Princess Elizabeth’s bridesmaids at the 1947 royal wedding and later became one of the queen’s bridesmaids, remaining part of her inner circle for many years.
She was also married for almost four decades to renowned interior designer David Nightingale Hicks, with whom she shared three children: Edwina Victoria Hicks, Ashley Louis David Hicks and India Amanda Caroline Hicks.
Their wedding in 1960 was attended by members of the Royal Family, with Princess Anne among the bridesmaids.
India Hicks shared the news of her death on social media.
“My mother died peacefully today,” he wrote, describing a life lived fully and without regrets.
