POOR RICH GIRL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 102, 2 May 1935, Page 5

POOR RICH GIRL.

FABULOUS WEALTH.

PRISONER IN HER OWN ROOM. FORBIDDEN TO MALE EYES. (Special.—By Air Mail.) LONDON, April 13. One of the wealthiest princesses of the Orient sits, day after day, looking out over Hyde Park. It is not that the princess is fascinated by Hyde Park. It is just that she is observing the strict code of seclusion which her Hindu religion imposes. She is the sister of the King of Nepal and the wife of one of the wealthiest men of Nepal — General Khrishna Shumshere, the Nepalese Minister in London.

She lias half the wealth of one of the wealthiest kingdoms of the East as her bank balance; yet she cannot go shopping. Her dresses and jewels alone need a suite of rooms to accommodate them, yet only one man sees them —her husband. With all this wealth she is virtually a prisoner. The customs of her country do not allow her to attend any public functions, receptions, or parties. On the rare occasions that the princess is allowed to go beyond the legation doors she will be heavily veiled and will not leave the closely curtained car.

Her husband will be prominent among the Eastern potentates who are taking part in the Jubilee celebrations —but if the princess wishes to watch any of the proceedings it will be from some obscure place where she cannot be seen. She will not accompany lier husband to court. She will, however, be received in private audience by the Queen. All male servants and attendants will have to be well out of sight. The princess is 23 years old and was married at 15.