One of Princess Diana’s bridesmaids has spoken out about why she was not invited to the coronation, in defense of the king’s meritocratic guest list.
India Hicks, also a goddaughter of King Charles, appeared today during the BBC’s coverage of the event and discussed her lack of invitation – something she has discussed before.
The 55-year-old has previously said it is “exciting” that the monarch, whom she described as a “considerate and patient man”, chose to reduce the number of aristocrats on the list and instead opted to “common” invite people with achievements. in different sectors.
However, Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine has claimed there may be another reason India – and her mother Pamela Hicks – were left off the list.
Lady Pamela Hicks, whose father, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was Prince Philip’s uncle, is one of only two surviving bridesmaids from Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s 1947 wedding.
One of Princess Diana’s bridesmaids, India Hicks (pictured), has revealed why she has no objection to not being invited to the coronation
Daily Mail columnist Sarah Vine has claimed that the lack of an invitation is because Lady Pamela Hick’s father, Mountbatten, ‘convinced the Queen not to let Charles marry Camilla’.
Sarah said, “I don’t think Charles has forgotten.”
India, who spends much of her time in Barbados, donned a chic cream dress and matching tweed jacket to take photos of herself outside Buckingham Palace, which she shared on Instagram.
In the caption for the images, she revealed that she had been on television talking about Charles’ charity The Princes Trust. In the photo’s caption, she described the king as “attentive” and “patient.”
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
She also posted a video of horses and a carriage driving down a Westminster street and joked, “The traffic was interesting.”
Later, India also sat down with a Canadian interviewer.
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).”
India’s busy day comes after she posted a photo of herself to Instagram with a lengthy caption discussing the comments on Charles’ invitation list.
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
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.”