Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks (née Mountbatten; 19 April 1929 – 5 June 2026) was a British aristocrat and relative of the British royal family. She was the younger daughter of Admiral of the Fleet the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (formerly Prince Louis of Battenberg) and the heiress Edwina Ashley. Hicks was first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and niece of Queen Louise of Sweden. She served as a bridesmaid and later as a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth II, her third cousin. She was also a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria through her father.
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Early life and family
Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten was born five weeks prematurely on 19 April 1929 at the Ritz Hotel in Barcelona, Spain, to Edwina Ashley and the then Lord Louis Mountbatten (later 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma). She had one sibling, an elder sister, Patricia, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma. She was baptised on 12 July in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. Her godparents were: King Alfonso XIII of Spain; Prince George; the Marchioness of Milford Haven; the Countess of Brecknock (Lady Louis's first cousin); and the Duchess of Peñaranda (María del Carmen de Saavedra y Collado, Marchioness of Villaviciosa).