King Charles' Coronation rejection as one of Queen's bridesmaids is not invited
One of the Queen's two surviving bridesmaids has not been invited to the King's Coronation.
Lady Pamela – whose father, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was Prince Philip's uncle – attended the Queen's wedding in 1947 and her funeral in a wheelchair last September.
However, she has reportedly not received a coveted invitation to the official crowning ceremony of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Her daughter, India Hicks, said her mother had hoped she would be invited to the ceremony - making her one of the few people to have attended all three coronations.
The call was made by a secretary at Buckingham Palace who informed her of the decision.
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Writing on Instagram, her daughter India said: "One of the King's personal secretaries was passing on a message from the King.
Lady Pamela Hicks and her daughter India Hicks (Getty Images)
Lady Pamela Hicks had reportedly hoped to live long enough to attend three coronations (Getty Images)"The King was sending his great love and apologies, he was offending many family and friends with the reduced [guest] list."
The King has opted for a slimmed-down ceremony with just 2,000 guests invited to Westminster Abbey to witness the crowning.
However, Charles's desire to make his Coronation 'meritocratic not aristocratic' has caused anguish in the upper echelons of society.
The wedding party for the Queen and Prince Philip, featuring an eight-year-old Pamela Mountbatten (Rex Features)A palace official "explained that this Coronation was to be very different to the Queen's" in 1953, when thousands more squeezed into the Abbey. "Eight thousand guests would be whittled down to 1,000, alleviating the burden on the state."
Lady Pamela was eight when she was taken to see George VI being crowned in 1937.
She was also pictured as a bride at her own wedding to David Hicks, where a young Prince Charles was pictured chatting and smiling at her.
The Queen had eight bridesmaids: HRH The Princess Margaret, HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent, Lady Caroline Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Lady Mary Cambridge, The Hon. Pamela Mountbatten, The Hon. Margaret Elpinstone, and Diana Bowes-Lyon.
Lady Pamela Mountbatten is congratulated by Prince Charles , after her wedding to David Hicks (PA)In other Coronation invite news, Fergie has also missed out on an invite.
However, the King's Coronation concert will have a seat on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle 24 hours later, joined by other royals believed to include her daughters Beatrice, 34, and Eugenie, 33.
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The concert will see Take That and Lionel Richie take to the stage to mark the historic weekend, with 20,000 lucky ticket holders watching on.
A royal insider reportedly said Fergie did not expert an invite to the official Coronation ceremony, but was "delighted to join the wider family for the Coronation Concert".
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