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Who is India Hicks? As she celebrates her 56th birthday, we meet the bridesmaid to Charles and Diana who survived to be with us today because she liked to watch Laurel and Hardy

She might not have received an invitation to her Godfather's coronation, but there are few figures more closely associated with the Royal Family than India Hicks.

India, who turns 56 today, is the granddaughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten, uncle to  and adviser to Prince Philip, and was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Charles and Diana Spencer.

She has made her name as a model, interior designer and business woman, and lives in the Bahamas with her long-time partner-turned husband David Flint Wood.

India Hicks pictured at home in the Bahamas

India Hicks pictured at home in the Bahamas

India was a bridesmaid at the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. She is  second left. Also pictured are Sarah-Jane Gaslee, the bride, Clementine Hambro and Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth

India was a bridesmaid at the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. She is  second left. Also pictured are Sarah-Jane Gaslee, the bride, Clementine Hambro and Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth

India was one of the five bridesmaids at the 1981 wedding of Diana and Charles, who is her godfather and second cousin.

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