King Charles’s goddaughter has made a new announcement after appearing to “snub” several members of the Royal Family.
India Hicks, 57, has joined forces with the accessory brand Penelope Chilvers to create a capsule collection.
The range, comprising four staple shoe styles, was designed for Tuckernuck, a Boston-based platform that showcases high-end international labels, including Penelope Chilvers.
It comes after Hicks spoke out about the King’s wish to modernise the Royal Family and limit the number of working members.
Hicks mentioned how she and her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, are strong proponents of a slimmed-down monarchy.
She told Marie Claire: “[My mother] thinks that it is modernising in a way that it should, and she absolutely believes in the thinning down of the Royal Family and making it this core hard-working foursome.”
The 57-year-old was referring to King Charles III, Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales as the “hard-working foursome”.
In so doing, Hicks omitted Princess Anne, and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, three of the hardest-working members of the Royal Family.
In 2023, Princess Anne carried out the largest amount of royal engagements, carrying out a massive 457 duties.
The Princess Royal completed 32 more engagements than her older brother, King Charles, who only completed 425.
The mother-of-two looks set to defend her title again in 2024, after taking on engagements on behalf of her brother, King Charles, and Princess Kate, who both stepped back from public life earlier this year to undergo cancer treatment.
Princess Anne previously criticised the concept of a slimmed-down monarchy during an interview with CBC.
She told the Canadian broadcaster back in May 2023 that the suggestion was made when there were “a few more people around”.
Anne’s reference to “a few more people” was viewed by many as a swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who chose to step down as working royals in 2020, as well as Prince Andrew who withdrew from public life the year before.
Meanwhile, Prince Edward performed a whopping 297 engagements in 2023 – finishing in third place behind Princess Anne and the King.
In addition, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh more than doubled her workload in September 2024 compared to the same time in 2023, as reported by The Times.
The duchess completed 37 engagements in September 2024, compared to 18 last year.
