King Charles’s goddaughter praised her “considerate” and “patient” godfather on the eve of his coronation – despite not receiving an invitation.
The 55-year-old designer posted photos to her Instagram story showing herself outside Buckingham Palace as she appeared on Australian TV to discuss all things royal ahead of the ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.
India, whose mother is Lady Pamela Hicks, tagged The Prince’s Trust, the charity her godfather founded, in the video of herself speaking along with the words, “Inclusivity, equality, diversity.”
Her visit to the UK comes after she posted a photo of herself to Instagram with a caption praising King Charles’ coronation invitations, which are based on “meritocracy” as she didn’t make the list.
It recently emerged that her mother, who was the late Queen’s maid of honor at her wedding to Prince Philip in 1947, was also rejected from the coronation ceremony.
India Hicks, 55, goddaughter of King Charles, has praised her godfather King Charles for his “patience” with her as a child and paid tribute to his work through The Prince’s Trust
After landing in London, India, who spends much of her time in Barbados, donned a chic cream dress and matching tweed jacket by Nina Morris as she chatted with an Australian news program about preparations for coronation weekend.
On her jacket she wore a gold brooch with a diamond, which she revealed belonged to her mother.
She also posted a video of horses and a carriage driving down a Westminster street and joked, “The traffic was interesting.”
Later, India sat down with a Canadian interviewer to discuss the coronation again.
In a post on her Instagram grid, she added, “I’m talking on television today about The Prince’s Trust, the remarkable man behind it, and a very attentive, very patient godfather (with a nasty five-year-old India).”
The British designer, 55, posted a video to Instagram of two horses pulling a carriage in Westminster ahead of King Charles’ coronation
The designer has paid tribute to her godfather’s work with the Prince’s Trust as she joined the debate over coronation invitations
India’s busy day comes days after she posted a photo of herself to Instagram with a lengthy caption discussing comments on King Charles’ coronation invitation list.
She wrote, “There has been so much heated discussion about who is or is not invited to this coronation, why? Isn’t it exciting to see so many invitations based on meritocracy?
Doesn’t it show that we have a king who understands both tradition and what it takes to evolve with the times?
Although this should come as no surprise from a man who, after completing his national service in the Royal Navy, used his severance pay to fund a community of initiatives, which were the founding projects of The Prince’s Trust.
‘The Prince’s Trust has always focused on equality, diversity and inclusion and isn’t that what we see with a guest list that is mainly rewarded on effort, not rank?’
India is an ambassador for the charity’s Women Supporting Women project and last year raised money for the initiative with a sponsored cycle.
Shortly after Queen Elizabeth’s death, when King Charles ascended to the throne, she undertook the drive from Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle.
She posted on Instagram and wrote: “Tomorrow I will be cycling from Buckingham Place to Windsor Castle along with several thousand other people in the hopes of raising awareness and raising money to help transform the lives of young people facing a fair said s*** ** future.
“King Charles (still feels strange saying that) set up the charity in 1976 with a few thousand pounds of his Navy severance pay, to tackle high youth unemployment which he feared would marginalize young people.”