Lady Pamela Hicks Dies at 97, Ending a Royal Link to Elizabeth II's 1952 Accession
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Lady Pamela Hicks Dies at 97, Ending a Royal Link to Elizabeth II's 1952 Accession
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 5
Summary
Lady Pamela Hicks, Queen Elizabeth II’s former lady-in-waiting and one-time bridesmaid, has died at 97, her daughter India Hicks said.
King Charles III said he was greatly saddened, praising her “loyal service” to Elizabeth, while India Hicks called her mother “the last of her kind.”
Hicks was the daughter of Louis Mountbatten and a cousin of Prince Philip, and she was with Princess Elizabeth in Kenya in 1952 when the future queen learned of her father’s death and accession.
Born in Barcelona in 1929, Hicks spent her life in royal circles, later attending Elizabeth II’s 2022 funeral; she is survived by three children.