Worn For The King
Rare jewels and centuries-old Oriental robes worth more than £lOO,OOO, were worn by the 28-year-old Nawab of Rampur and his young Begunij when they had an audience of the King, at Buckingham Palace, states an exchange. Detectives were on duty day and night to guard the Nawab’s valuables at his Royal suite in a West End hotel, but when they left for the palace, they were accompanied only by the veteran Chief Minister ox the State of Rampur, Sir Abdus Samad Khan. This is what the visitors wore:— The Nawab, a hand-woven long coat of Indian gold cloth; a gold embroidered turban, set with a huge diamond; and skin-tight trousers of rare silk. He carried a thousand-year-old gold sword, studded with ancient stones. The Begum, an ancient sari, consisting of fifteen yards of delicate silk wound round her and over her head, and exquisitely embroidered in gold with Oriental birds and flowers; a large diamond ornament in her nose, and necklaces and rings encrusted with rubles and sapphires. This is the first time a ruling Moslem princess has ever appeared in the West without her veil.
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Southland Times, Issue 22475, 10 November 1934, Page 17
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190Worn For The King Southland Times, Issue 22475, 10 November 1934, Page 17
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