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\n Mourners, including members of the Royal Family, travelled to a small village in the county for the funeral of Lady Pamela Hicks on Saturday (June 13).\n<\/p>\n
\n The service for the 97\u2011year\u2011old took place at St Bartholomew\u2019s Church in Brightwell Baldwin, between Wallingford and Watlington.\n<\/p>\n
\n Lady Pamela died last week at her home in the village, where she had lived for many years with her late husband, interior designer David Hicks.\n<\/p>\n
\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Mourners arrive for Royal Family funeral in Oxfordshire village<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n X\n<\/p>\n \n Among the mourners were Lady Helen Taylor, daughter of Prince Edward, and Penelope Knatchbull, Countess Mountbatten of Burma.\n<\/p>\n \n There was no sign of King Charles or Queen Camilla, though, as the funeral came on the same day as Trooping the Colour, the King\u2019s official London birthday parade.\n<\/p>\n \n Nevertheless, mourners paid their respects outside St Bartholomew\u2019s Church as the coffin was carried inside, before following the procession for the service.\n<\/p>\n \n The small parish church is close to The Grove, the family house that became her long\u2011term base in Oxfordshire.\n<\/p>\n \n READ MORE:<\/strong> Legendary chef heralds shock return of closed Oxfordshire pub<\/strong><\/a>\n<\/p>\n \n X\n<\/p>\n \n According to the published order, the funeral was arranged in line with Lady Pamela\u2019s wishes, with rousing hymns but no formal sermon or eulogy during the service.\n<\/p>\n \n Lady Pamela was a first cousin of the late Prince Philip and a great\u2011great\u2011granddaughter of Queen Victoria.\n<\/p>\n \n She was also a bridesmaid at the 1947 wedding of the then Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten.\n<\/p>\n