Snapshot · Empire: World History
The India Office settled roughly £22,000 on each of Duleep Singh's five daughters after his death, though official correspondence referred to Pauline and Irene coldly as 'the two of the second family' rather than by name.
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The Hôtel de la Trémoille, two minutes from the Champs-Élysées, looked glamorous from the outside but inside smelled of neglect. It was here that Duleep Singh, now 55 and looking far older, died of a devastating heart attack — alone on the floor, friends long gone, family not visiting [1] — Anita Anand "Duleep Singh died alone aged 55, Paris, 1893: Maharaja Duleep Singh died alone on the floor of his Paris hotel suite in October 1893, aged …" 20:00 . Ada and the girls were living at the villa with Madame Paraton. The last time Irene saw her father she was 3; the last time Pauline saw him she was 5. The India Office eventually stepped in to settle approximately £22,000 on each of his five daughters, though official documents always referred to Pauline and Irene coldly as 'the two of the second family', never by name.
Princess Pauline Duleep Singh was born on Boxing Day 1887 in a dilapidated Moscow boarding house called the Hotel Bolsoy, while her father awaited a summons from Tsar Alexander III that never came.
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