Family Background
Lady Pamela was born in Barcelona in 1929. She is the younger sister of Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma. Through her father, Lady Pamela is a first cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh and the second great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria. Through her mother, she is the second great-granddaughter of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury.
During her youth, Lady Pamela lived with her paternal grandmother, Victoria, Marchioness of Milford Haven, during school holidays. Later she accompanied her parents to India in 1947 and 1948, remaining with them throughout her father's term as Viceroy of pre-Independence India and then Governor-General of post-Partition India through 1948. She acted as a bridesmaid to then-Princess Elizabeth at her 1947 wedding to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (her first cousin).
Lady Pamela is a former lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth II. In 1952, she was with Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in Kenya when King George VI died. In 1954, she accompanied the Queen on the royal tour to Australia and New Zealand.
She is 687th in line for the throne.
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