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Sonam Kapoor: the Bollywood megastar on couture, King Charles and motherhood

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“Who’s that?” lips smacked this fashion month as the paparazzi flashed and fans flocked to Sonam Kapoor taking her seat on the front row. Very quickly they learnt she is one of Bollywood’s biggest stars; the impeccably dressed actor who counts 35.3 million Instagram followers and calls Notting Hill home. 

She also owns a mansion in , a Mumbai pad where she hosted a welcome party for when he travelled to India in November (“we were very happy to host him,” she says), and has an enviable UK network which also counts the — she was asked to perform a piece of spoken word for the concert last May. In India, Kapoor, 38, is best known for her leading film roles in Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and Neerja, and has been married to Anand Ahuja, one of India’s greatest apparel manufacturers (net worth: a cool $650 million), since 2018. In Europe and

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