The 150th birthday of Punjabi princess and suffragette icon Sophia Duleep Singh will be celebrated in a new exhibition at Kensington Palace. The exhibition called The Last Princesses of Punjab: The story of Sophia Duleep Singh and the women who shaped her will open on 26 March 2026. It will explore the lives of Princess [read more]
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was the daughter of the exiled Indian Maharaja Duleep Singh and, in addition to being Queen Victoria’s goddaughter, she also lived in a grace and favour apartment at Hampton Court. She was also a devoted suffragette and surveillance files compiled on her will go on display for the first time at [read more]
Bamba Müller was born on 6 July 1848 as the daughter of Ludwig Müller and his mistress Sofia in Cairo. She was educated in Cairo by missionaries. In 1864, Duleep Singh, the last ruler of the Sikh empire before being dethroned by the British, was passing through Cairo and he visited the missionaries there. Later that month, he wrote to the [read more]
Read part one here. The Suffragette Cause Sophia joined Emmeline Pankhurst and other suffragettes as they descended on the House of Commons, hoping to meet the Prime Minister that year. The police used such excessive force on the women that even Winston Churchill, who was no admirer of the suffragettes, was appalled. Sophia interrupted one particular [read more]
An exiled Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was born on 8 August 1876 as the daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, and Bamba Müller. Because of her father’s exile, Sophia was born in England. Her father was a favourite of Queen Victoria, and he was frequently invited by her. Sophia [read more]
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