The King has said he is “greatly saddened” to learn of Lady Pamela Hicks’s death, a close friend of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Her daughter, India Hicks, announced her passing on social media on Friday.
Lady Pamela, who was a bridesmaid to the late Queen Elizabeth and also one of her ladies-in-waiting, was the daughter of the King’s great-uncle, and last viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, who was murdered by the IRA in 1979.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said in a statement: “His Majesty was greatly saddened to learn of the death of Lady Pamela Hicks, a sorrow tempered by the fondest memories and deepest gratitude for her long life and loyal service to Queen Elizabeth. The King and Queen’s thoughts are with Lady Pamela’s family, as they mourn a woman whose warmth, wit and perspicacity always made such an impression, and who will be so dearly missed by all those who knew and loved her.”
In a post on Instagram, Ms Hicks, whose godfather is the King, shared a photograph of her smiling mother holding an open book in her lap.
Ms Hicks said: “My mother died peacefully today. Whilst there is no tragedy in the death of a 97-year-old who has lived a full life I know grief will be unavoidable, lurking around waiting for me, but today I am simply grateful that she was my mother.
“And through the prism of a crowded and remarkable past, she made incomparable company, carrying her memories lightly, and always with humour.
“My mother maintained right up to the end, the impeccable style, sharp mind, and effortless charm that made her not only a cherished institution, but truly the last of her kind.”
Lady Pamela attended the late Queen’s state funeral in September 2022.
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