Born into fabulous wealth, kidnapped as bet basketball a boy by British imperialists 150 years ago, forcibly converted to Christianity and brought to England, he was stripped of his empire, adopted as an exotic talisman by Queen Victoria, sportsbook was disgraced and disowned and eventually died, a pauper, in ignominious exile. Three overgrown graves in a Suffolk churchyard are all that remain of one of the proudest dynasties to rule India… He took mistresses, march madness fathered illegitimate children, ran through his allowance and begged for more… All that remains of his wealth is the Koh-i-noor, the fabulous diamond that he once placed in Victoria’s hand and which now adorns the late Queen Mother’s state crown.
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By pedro velasquez, at Wednesday, 28 April, 2010
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