Royal Profile: Ashley Hicks

Ashley Louis David Hicks was born on 18 July 1963 as the only son of David Nightingale Hicks and Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Mountbatten {Source}. He has two sisters, a brother-in-law, a sort-of brother-in-law, three nieces, five nephews, a nephew in law, and two great nieces {Source}:

1. Edwina Victoria Louise Hicks-Brudenell (1961)
1. Jeremy Alexander Rothwell Brudenell (m. 1984)
1. Maddison May Brudenell-Modupe-Ojo (1994)
1. Olaoluwa Olamide Modupe-Ojo (m. 2015)
1. Daphne Modupe-Ojo (2016)
2. Phebe Modupe-Ojo (2018)
2. Jordon Anne Brudenell (1995)
3. Rowan Michael David Brudenell (2001)
2. India Amanda Caroline Hicks (1967)
1. David Flint Wood (not married)
1. Wesley Cleare (1997, foster son, his single mother died when he was only 15, India became his legal guardian upon his mother's death)
2. Felix Austin Flint Wood (1997)
3. Amory John Flint Wood (1999)
4. Conrad Lorenzo Flint Wood (2003)
5. Domino Carmen Flint Wood (2007)

He attended the Stowe School.


He married Allegra Marina Tondato on 18 July 1983 {Source}. With Allegra, he has two daughters{Source}:

1. Angelica Margherita Edwina Hicks (1992)
2. Ambrosia Maria Elizabeth Hicks (1997)

He and Allegra Marina Tondato were divorced {Source}. On 5 September 2015, he married Katalina "Kata" Sharkey de Solis{Source}. With Katalina, he has two sons{Source}:

1. Caspian William Donald Sebastian Hicks (2018)
2. Horatio Valentine Hicks (2019)

Hicks and Kata separated in 2018




He wrote the book David Hicks: Designer, published 2003 {Source}.