British aristocrat and former lady-in-waiting to the Queen, Lady Pamela Hicks, née Mountbatten, at 93 has become, following the death of Elizabeth II, the oldest living descendant of Queen Victoria in Great Britain

Lady Pam, as she is usually called in society, is a great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, descending from her second daughter, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom.

Lady Pamela Hicks is a first cousin of the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and was a bridesmaid at his wedding to the then Princess Elizabeth.

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the

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British aristocrat and former lady-in-waiting to the Queen, Lady Pamela Hicks, née Mountbatten, at 93 has become, following the death of Elizabeth II, the oldest living descendant of Queen Victoria in Great Britain

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At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free

Frederic Leighton

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