When the future Queen Elizabeth was due to be married to Lady Pamela’s cousin, Philip, Lady Pamela was chosen as a bridesmaid. The wedding of the future Queen was of course a major international event and broadcast on radio to millions around t

15. Princess Alice; The Queen's Extraordinary Mother in Law

Apr 11th, 2020 45m 5s

We’re sitting in the drawing room of Lady Pamela Hicks’ home in Oxfordshire listening intently to Lady Pamela’s mesmerising stories. It’s just India and her mother Lady Pamela and Lisa the producer recording it and putting it all together. We’v

Lady Mountbatten: Part Two, The Transformation

Mar 3rd, 2020 48m 34s

The concluding episode in our two part series about Lady Louis Mountbatten, one of the most intriguing and intelligent debutants of her day and of course mother to Lady Pamela and grandmother to India. Born Edwina Ashley she was the goddaughter

13. Lady Mountbatten; Episode 1, Party-Loving Heiress, Wife and Mother

Feb 11th, 2020 40m 6s

We’re sitting in the drawing room of Lady Pamela Hicks’ home in Oxfordshire listening intently to Lady Pamela’s mesmerising stories. It’s just India, Lady Pamela and Lisa the producer who's recording it and putting it all together. We’ve chosen

SPECIAL EPISODE; India Hicks in Conversation with Tina Brown

Dec 30th, 2019 17m 40s

India is joined by a very special guest, Tina Brown, award-winning journalist, author, founder of the Women in the World summits and former editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker sonf more. Awarded a CBE in 2007 for services to

11. Viceroy's House Part 4; A Bittersweet Goodbye

Dec 22nd, 2019 19m 4s

We’re sitting in the drawing room of Lady Pamela Hicks’ home in Oxfordshire hearing Lady Pamela’s stories of living through some pretty extraordinary and now historic times. It’s just India, Lady Pamela and Lisa the producer; no studio, no form

Viceroy’s House Part 3; The Chaos After Partition, Gandhi and Nehru

Dec 10th, 2019 37m

We’re sitting in the drawing room of Lady Pamela Hicks’ home in Oxfordshire having a generally very informal conversation about Lady Pamela’s memories of living through some pretty extraordinary and now historic times. It’s just India, Lady Pam

Viceroy's House Part 2; The Build Towards Indian Partition

Nov 25th, 2019 23m 3s

In the second Viceroy’s House episode Lady Pamela regales more of her incredible memories as a teenager living in India when her father, Lord Mountbatten, was given what he knew was the ‘impossible job’ as the last Viceroy of India. In the now

Viceroy’s House; 17 Year Old Lady Pamela’s First Months in India

Nov 6th, 2019 58m 5s

When her father, Lord Mountbatten was given what he knew was the ‘impossible job’ as the last Viceroy of India, Lady Pamela, still only 17, along with her mother, knuckled down to work. They spent time in the refugee camps, sat spellbound at me

SPECIAL EPISODE; The Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian and Support

Sep 28th, 2019 27m 4s

This is a special episode of the India Hicks Podcast on which India tells us of the traumatic events surrounding the hurricane in the Bahamas, the place she calls home, and how we can support these wonderful islands and people. Amongst many org

The Commonwealth Tour, Life Aboard Britannia and Exploring the Empire

Sep 18th, 2019 37m 46s

The Commonwealth Tour resumes, this time for six whole months, with Lady Pamela as Lady in Waiting to the new Queen. In this episode we hear all about life on board the new Royal Yacht, Britannia, the thrilling adventures in far-flung corners o

A Royal Love Story, a Commonwealth Tour and a Princess Becomes Queen

Sep 8th, 2019 32m 1s

Lady Pamela is first cousins with Prince Philip and also grew up very close to her, albeit more distant family, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret and of course their parents the King and Queen. Lady Pamela tells how the Royal couple met and mar

Distinguished Visitors; Royals in the Family, Movie Stars and the Maharajah Who Died at Lunch

Aug 19th, 2019 30m 56s

With Royals, ‘Subroyals’, Grand Dukes and Duchesses, Tsars and Tsarinas in the family, having the likes of Noel Coward, Grace Kelly, Douglas Fairbanks, Wallis Simpson and Eisenhower visit was not so out of the ordinary. On this episode Lady Pam

The Mountbatten's at War; Dispatched to New York with the Vanderbilts

Aug 12th, 2019 20m 25s

Like so many families the Mountbattens' lives were disrupted significantly in the Second World War with Lady's Pamela's father, Lord Mountbatten, missing after his ship was sunk. In this episode India and producer Lisa are transfixed by Lady Pa

Childhood as a Mountbatten; Lions, Coatimundis, Bears and Being Left in Budapest

Aug 3rd, 2019 16m 32s

Imagine growing up in a house with a lion, a bear, a mongoose and a coatimundi (yes we had to look it up too). We’re having tea and cake at home with Lady Pamela, daughter of Lord and Lady Mountbatten and India Hicks' much loved mum. In our sec

A Plethora of Kings

Aug 1st, 2019 22m 19s

The family and friends who visited the Mountbattens during Lady Pamela's childhood read like a list of who's who in royalty, politics, high society, the world's greatest authors and artists and Hollywood's finest. Lady Pamela Hicks, India Hicks

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