Overview
- India Hicks announced on Instagram that her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, died peacefully on Friday, June 5, 2026.
- Lady Pamela served as a bridesmaid and later a lady‑in‑waiting to Queen Elizabeth II and was a cousin of Prince Philip, placing her close to key moments in mid‑20th‑century royal history.
- She was present in Kenya when Princess Elizabeth learned of King George VI’s death in 1952 and accompanied the Queen on the 1953–54 Commonwealth tour to countries including Jamaica, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia.
- Lady Pamela married interior designer David Hicks in 1960 and is survived by children India Hicks, Ashley Hicks and Edwina Brudenell, and she wrote the memoir Daughter of Empire with a 2024 biography of her life published by her daughter.
- Coverage and family tributes frame her death as the closing of a generation that witnessed formative royal events and have focused on preserving her memories and perspective on a streamlined, modern monarchy.