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PRINCE CHARLES’S GODSON AND ONE OF INDIA’S MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELORS MAHARAJA SAWAI PADMANABH SINGH ON MOVING WITH THE TIMES AND A SPECIAL INVITATON TO BOOK A STAY AT HIS OPULENT PALACE IN JAIPUR

‘India is a democracy now and we have to open ourselves to the world’

The Maharaja of Jaipur is in reflective mood as he opens the doors to his home, the opulent City Palace. Impeccably dressed and with brooding good looks, 21-year-old Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh treats HELLO! to a tour of the 18th-century complex as he tells us his plans for the future.

A godson of the Prince of Wales, the Maharaja was just 12 when he inherited his title and is credited with reinventing the role, giving it a new lease of life with a modern twist. As he chats amid the palace splendour, Padmanabh – affectionately known as Pacho – tells us of his plans to “move with the times” and

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