Lady Pamela Hicks, who has died aged 97, was one of Queen Elizabeth II's closest friends and was with her in Kenya in 1952 when she learned of her father King George VI's death

Lady Pamela Hicks, a close friend of Elizabeth II and one of her bridesmaids when she married Prince Philip, has died, her daughter India has announced

Lady Pamela Hicks, the daughter of Lord Mountbatten of Burma who served as a lady-in-waiting and bridesmaid to Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 97.