Lady Pamela hoots at how the Queen's bouquet couldn't be found. Britwell House in Britwell Salome, Oxfordshire was the Hicks’ main family home, and a place to experiment for designer David Hicks. The Queen confirmed the sad news of Philip's death on 9 April. The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his loss. ONE of the Queen's bridesmaids was kept on a hospital trolley for 20 hours while suffering from pneumonia, her daughter claims. Lady Pamela Hicks has paid tribute to her cousin Prince Philip on his death. There was nobody quite like him." Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Further announcements will be made in due course.". In November 1947, Lady Pamela acted as a bridesmaid to then-Princess Elizabeth at her 1947 wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. When Lady Pamela sold the Mountbatten Tiara and other jewels in 2002, this tiara was not among the lots on the sale at Sotheby’s, and has not been seen at other auctions, leading me to assume it is still with Lady Pamela. The youngest daughter, India Hicks, was a bridesmaid at the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer as as godchild of the Prince. The former lady-in-waiting to the Queen's ordeal was written in full three days ago by her daughter India Hicks. It was at a cocktail party in 1959 where Lady Pamela met her future husband, David Hicks. She posted on Instagram: "Having the excitement of an ambulance rush her to hospital in the middle of the night she was then kept on a gurney for 20 hours before the NHS found her an available bed. Lady Pamela was one of the Queen's eight bridesmaids in 1947 and has accompanied her on several tours. Lady Pamela was then a lady-in-waiting for Princess Elizabeth. Dame Edwina Ashley (1901-1960). 2 The Hon Pamela Hicks. the ceremony took place at Romsey Abbey, Hants. The couple were married for many years. "That summer (1938) Cousin Philip often came over to stay, which was always good fun," the extract read. Commenting is currently disabled on this article. "Eight years older than me, he was the inspiration behind all the naughty, boisterous games we played, including vicious bicycle polo matches with my father. The Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (née Mountbatten) was born on 19th April 1929 in the Ritz Hotel, Barcelona, Spain, the youngest daughter of Admiral of the Fleet The Rt Hon. Now, the 90-year-old has become the surprise star of a new podcast series hosted by her daughter India Hicks, as she recounts her high society life over the last century. As the daughter of the last Viceroy of India, a bridesmaid of the Queen and a cousin of Prince Philip, it is unsurprising that Lady Pamela Hicks has a few good stories to tell. Lady Pamela is the wife of David Nightingale Hicks, an interior designer who died in 1998. 's newsletter, you acknowledge that you have read and accepted hellomagazine.com's privacy policy, the cookies policy, and the website terms of use, and that you consent to hellomagazine.com using your data according to the established laws. The couple had been together for a long time. Edwina Ashley, she was born, quite suddenly, in Barcelona, with King Alfonso XIII of Spain (a cousin by marriage of her father) becoming her godfather, and was the first cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh and a niece of Queen … Lady Pamela, 91, has been close with the royal family for many years. written in full three days ago by her daughter India Hicks. At their wedding in 1960, Princess Anne served as … Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, CBE, MSC, CD (née Mountbatten; 14 February 1924 – 13 June 2017) was a British peeress and the third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.She was the elder daughter of heiress Edwina Ashley, a patrilineal descendant of the Earls of Shaftesbury, first ennobled in 1661, and Admiral of the Fleet the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368. India also included an extract from Lady Pamela's book Daughter Of Empire, in which she praised Prince Philip and hailed him an "inspiration". Lady Pamela, widow of David Hicks, told the Daily Mail: "I arrived in A&E on a busy, busy, busy night.