An esteemed position indeed.
And then there’s her ancestry.
Let’s take a look at the lavish life of Pamela Hicks, lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth.
And the parties Pamela Hicks remembers were certainly that.
(Hollywood star Grace Kelly became Princess of Monaco when she married Prince Rainier III in 1956.)
She sometimes took this to extremes that ordinary people would find shocking.
You will never, ever see her with a hair out of place or a bow askew.
But that’s not even getting started on the high-end make-up and perfume she wears.
For starters, “perfume” is not the right word for what she’s working with.
“We call it scent, not perfume.
Very common to call it perfume,” she told The Telegraph in 2024.
“My mother said, ‘Use any that you like, but not Number 5.
That’s the tart’s scent,'” Pamela recalled to The Telegraph.
“You disappear without your lipstick,” Lady Pamela informed the newspaper.
This was a Georgian manor situated among beautiful scenery.
They moved out in 1979.
Pamela and David’s son, Ashley Hicks, ended up following in his father’s footsteps.
He became an architect and interior designer, and his career highlights can be viewed on hisInstagram.
Design has always been a part of his life, and his bedroom at Britwell was exquisitely decorated.
Pamela Hicks’ family’s next stop was The Grove, a stunning property that was also in Oxfordshire.
It was smaller than Britwell but still had absolutely everything Pamela and her family needed to maintain their lifestyle.
His mother Pamela, however, is perfectly happy still living at The Grove today.
Pamela also formed a bond with Gandhi.
After they met in India through her parents, the two became friends.
Pamela even credits Gandhi’s teachings for allowing her to forgive the people who killed her father.
The gardens are equally spectacular; 84 different animal species call the grounds home.
The house was so vast that one had to allow ten minutes to arrive at dinner on time."
That if nothing else should give you an insight into the awe-inspiring riches of Lady Pamela’s family.
And Pamela Hicks was onewhen Queen Elizabeth II wed Prince Phillip in 1947.
But the event went down in history as a great success, and Lady Pamela was part of that.
Naturally, it received a great deal of attention;British Pathewas there to document the grand soiree.
After that the newlyweds headed off for honeymoon on, what else, the RMS Queen Elizabeth.
As for where all of Amalia’s money came from?
She wed Pamela’s father, Louis Mountbatten, in 1922.
Edwina’s wedding, just like her daughter’s, was a hugely lavish affair that attracted famous guests.
And by 1947, she was the vicereine of India alongside her husband as viceroy.
Edwina did a lot of charity work and supported St John Ambulance throughout her life.
But she was never quite able to have a close relationship with her daughter Pamela.
“I never liked her,” Pamela said of her mother toThe Telegraphin 2012.
“She had no idea of how to play with children, unlike my father.
She was a woman who could never have a personal conversation with you, and who needed constant flattery.
If she didn’t have that, she became lonely and miserable.”
But she did add, “As a child, I admired her for her glamor.
India leads a pretty luxurious life, living happily in the Bahamas with her husband and five children.
But when she’s not there, she stays at the stunning Oxfordshire country house America Farm.
The wedding was a gorgeous event held at a church located in the Chiltern Hills.
