India Hicks
| India Hicks | |
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| Born | 5 September 1967 London, England |
| Partner | David Flint Wood |
| Parents | David Nightingale Hicks Lady Pamela Hicks |
India Amanda Caroline Hicks (born 5 September 1967 in London, England) is a former fashion model, 521st in line to the line of succession to the British Throne.
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[edit] Early life
The third child of Lady Pamela Mountbatten and David Nightingale Hicks, a celebrated interior designer of the 1960s and 1970s. Through her maternal grandfather, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, she is a second cousin to The Prince of Wales, and also in line to succeed to the British throne.
Raised in London and Oxfordshire, she was educated at Gordonstoun until she was expelled for entertaining boys in her room,[1] and spent holidays at the family estate in Ireland and at her father's self-designed and built Bahamian-holiday home.[2] In 1981, she served as bridesmaid to Lady Diana Spencer at her wedding to the Prince.[3]
[edit] Career
Aged 17, she drove from England to Italy without having passed her driving test, to meet designer Emilio Pucci. On arrival, he made her model all of his catsuits.[4] Hicks later moved to New York, and developed a career as a model in the 1980s and 1990s, working for Ralph Lauren and J. Crew,[2] and featuring in Tatler magazine.
Hicks presently co-manages a hotel development in the Caribbean with her partner. The creator of an all-natural body-and-home-fragrance line with Crabtree & Evelyn, she is also a published author.[5]
In 2007, Hicks hosted the second season of the Bravo interior design competition TV series Top Design.
In 2011, she commentated on the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, for both ITV and ABC; and is presently the face of Viyella.[6]
[edit] Personal life
Hicks has four children with her boyfriend, interior designer turned hotelier David Flint Wood:
- Felix Austen Flint Wood (b. May 23, 1997 Miami, Florida)
- Amory John Flint Wood (b. June 25, 1999 Miami, Florida)
- Conrad Lorenzo Flint Wood (b. April 25, 2003 Miami, Florida)
- Domino Carmen Flint Wood (b.December 17, 2007 Miami, Florida)
All of her children are excluded from the line of succession to the British throne because all four were born out of wedlock. The family lives in the Bahamas in a plantation-style house Hibiscus Hill, which featured in an article in overseas property magazine A Place in the Sun in June 2008.[7]
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| Preceded by Jordan Brudenell |
Line of succession to the British Throne | Succeeded by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-india-hicks-interior-designer-42-1909467.html
- ^ a b http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/style/tmagazine/22collage.html
- ^ Christine Haughney, "A Royal Wedding? She's Been There", The New York Times, April 1, 2011
- ^ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703916004576271331392322112.html
- ^ India Hicks, website.
- ^ http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/columns/hilary-alexander/TMG8259658/India-Hicks-the-royal-bridesmaid-with-a-no-frills-attitude-is-the-new-face-of-Viyella.html
- ^ http://www.hibiscushillharbourisland.com
[edit] External links
- India Hicks, at the Fashion Model Directory
- India Hicks interviewed at the Bal Harbour Shops Magazine launch party, May 2010
- Theodora & Callum interview with India Hicks
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