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British aristocracy

Pamela Hicks, the lady who danced with the Queen of England and meditated with Gandhi: ‘I am not a legend’

The British aristocrat, daughter of Louis Mountbatten and Edwina Ashley, may appear to have always lived in the shadow of her parents, of Queen Elizabeth II — whom she served as lady-in-waiting — or of her husband, the renowned decorator David Hicks. Nothing could be further from the truth. Now, her rich and varied life is told in a book by her daughter, India

Truman Capote

Cornelia Guest, Truman Capote’s last swan: ‘He was desperate to write and didn’t consider the consequences’

Her family’s famous surname is back in fashion thanks to ‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,’ Ryan Murphy’s new series that chronicles the famous writer’s fall from grace. Cornelia Guest remembers him as a ‘generous and sweet’ friend, but she assures EL PAÍS that she will never tell his darkest secrets to a journalist