King’s goddaughter India Hicks shares photos of herself in mourning dress before Queen’s funeral
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The king’s goddaughter, India Hicks, has shared photos of herself in mourning clothes with fans on Instagram following the Queen’s state funeral on Monday.
Hicks, 55, shared two photos with her 345,000 followers on Instagram, including one with her mother Lady Pamela Hicks, who also attended the service at Westminster Abbey yesterday.
In an emotional post, Hicks, who was a bridesmaid at the king’s wedding to Princess Diana in 1981, said it had been a “privilege” to attend the service.
In the photos, Hicks is seen in a fitted black dress with an ornate pattern, paired with a striking canted headpiece with oversized floral decoration; the socialite and mother of five also wore black suede knee-high boots for the historic occasion.
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King Charles’ goddaughter, India Hicks, 55, accompanied her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, 93, a bridesmaid to the Queen, at Westminster Abbey yesterday, posing for photos in their mourning clothes, which Hicks then shared on her Instagram page.
In the photos, Hicks is seen in a fitted black dress with an ornate pattern, paired with a striking canted headpiece with oversized floral decoration
Lady Pamela Hicks, the nephew of Prince Philip and the daughter of Louis Mountbatten, Burma’s first Earl Mountbatten, looked straight into the camera for the photo of herself with her youngest daughter.
Dressed in a stylish pleated dress, with patent leather black loafers and a wide-brimmed hat, the aristocrat denied her for 93 years. Both ladies wore brooches, with Lady Pamela wearing a brooch with a diamond bow, next to a pearl necklace with five strands.
Hicks captioned the photos on her social media account, saying, “What a privilege. Watched the sun set over Westminster Abbey last night and return next to my mother today for the state funeral, followed by the ceremony at St George’s Chapel, Windsor.’
India has stayed in the country for the period of mourning and tied her hair in a low bun and chose a black wizard for the service
India, who shares sons Wesley, 24, Felix, 24, Amory, 22, Conrad, 18, and daughter Domino, 13, with her partner David Flint Wood, lives in the Bahamas but was in the UK last week to give her a year wedding anniversary to be celebrated when the queen passed away at the age of 96
India, 55, looked bleak in black, including a long-sleeved black dress and knee-high Louboutin boots, as she walked into Britain’s most historic church alongside her wheelchair-bound mother Lady Pamela Hicks
King Charles’ goddaughter, India Hicks, wept a tear as she walked into Westminster Abbey on Monday to say goodbye to the Queen
India, who shares sons Wesley, 24, Felix, 24, Amory, 22, Conrad, 18, and daughter Domino, 13, with her partner David Flint Wood, lives in the Bahamas but was in the UK last week to give her a year to celebrate wedding anniversary when the Queen passed away at the age of 96.
Lady Pamela’s father, Earl Mountbatten, was affectionately known as ‘Uncle Dickie’ by Prince Philip and the Queen and was seen as hugely influential in the early lives of both royals.
Through her father, she is a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, making her also a distant cousin of the Queen.
India was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. She is the second left pictured at the wedding with the Queen and Diana
Lady Pamela is the daughter of Earl Mountbatten, brother of Prince Philip’s mother. She was previously a lady-in-waiting to Her Majesty. The couple are friends for life, all their lives in the picture
Lady Pamela has previously provided insight into family life for the Windsors.
She recalled in a podcast interview last year how the Queen was always “patient” and “kind” to her mother-in-law, Princess Alice of Battenberg, who “could be very sharp and difficult.”
“I remember she was staying in Windsor and we were waiting for lunch,” Lady Pamela recalled. “The equerry had come to fetch her for lunch with the queen.
Lady Pamela Hicks was one of the bridesmaids at Prince Philip’s wedding to Princess Elizabeth in 1947
‘He was a new equerry, a young man of about twenty, and he thought he should entertain Princess Alice and talk to her.
‘He asked unwisely, ‘And what did you do this morning, ma’am,’ to which Princess Alice replied, ‘And what does that have to do with you?’
Lady Pamela also explained that despite living under the same roof as her son, Princess Alice and Prince Philip led very separate lives.
“She was in a dressing gown in the attic by choice,” Lady Pamela said. “While Prince Philip was very busy downstairs.”