"Sophia Duleep Singh was a devoted campaigner for women's rights, actively participating in suffragette marches and advocating for social change within elite circles."
"The exhibition explores how Sophia and her sisters' complex heritage shaped the causes they championed, telling a global story of empire, dispossession, and resistance."
"A rarely exhibited, bound volume of The Suffragette, featuring an image of Sophia selling copies at Hampton Court Palace, highlights her commitment to the suffrage movement."
Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, daughter of the last Sikh maharajah, became a pioneering suffragette and challenged elite social circles. The exhibition, The Last Princesses of Punjab, opens at Kensington Palace, showcasing her life and the influence of her family, including her godmother Queen Victoria. Highlights include her activism for women's rights, a bound volume of The Suffragette, and a letter to Winston Churchill about police brutality. The exhibition emphasizes the impact of her heritage on her advocacy, presenting a narrative of empire, dispossession, and resistance.
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