The late Queen Elizabeth II displayed her selfless character in the moments following news of her father's death, according to one of her closest lifelong friends, Lady Pamela Hicks, who has died aged 97. Lady Pamela, a cousin of Prince Philip and a fixture within the Royal Family's inner circle for decades, was alongside Elizabeth when she unexpectedly ascended to the throne in February 1952. Her passing on Friday, 5 June, was confirmed by her daughter, India Hicks, who praised her mother's "