This Historian Reveals the Punjabi Princesses Erased From Kensington Palace
MAY 27, 202629 MIN
This Historian Reveals the Punjabi Princesses Erased From Kensington Palace
MAY 27, 202629 MIN
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<p>Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, raised at Elveden Hall in Suffolk and goddaughter to Queen Victoria.</p><p><br></p><p>Then she became one of Britain’s most fearless suffragettes.</p><p><br></p><p>Her sisters were even more extraordinary.</p><p><br></p><p>I sat down with Dr Mishka Sinha, Curator for Inclusive History at Historic Royal Palaces and the historian behind a landmark new exhibition at Kensington Palace, to tell the full story of three daughters of Maharaja Duleep Singh who used their privilege, their pain and their fury to fight the very empire that shaped them.</p>