Her father, Lord Louis Mountbatten , was appointed the last Viceroy of India in 1947. Lady Pamela witnessed the transfer of power and developed deep bonds with Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru .
Born in 1929 into immense privilege, Lady Pamela grew up in grand estates like Adsdean and Broadlands . Her childhood was populated by a "menagerie" of exotic animals and visits from celebrities like Noël Coward , Douglas Fairbanks , and Winston Churchill . Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten
Daughter Of Empire: My Life As A Mountbatten - Lady Pamela Hicks Her father, Lord Louis Mountbatten , was appointed