A moving visit to The Last Princesses of Punjab exhibition at Kensington Palace. A story of royalty, injustice, courage and a family whose history is deeply intertwined with Britain. At its heart is Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, granddaughter of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, goddaughter of Queen Victoria and a courageous campaigner in the suffragette movement. She used her position to fight for women’s right to vote. Her story is shaped by extraordinary women. Her grandmother, Maharani Jind Kaur, was imprisoned and separated from her young son after the British conquest of Punjab. Her mother, Maharani Bamba, experienced displacement and tragedy. Her sisters, Catherine and Bamba, each had remarkable lives. And Queen Victoria’s relationship with the family reveals the contradictions of empire. Behind the royal portraits is the painful history of a family stripped of its kingdom, wealth and identity under British rule. Yet these women showed remarkable resilience. As someone proud of both my...