The Maharaja and the Flamenco Dancer
It’s Spring 1906 and Sir Jagatjit Singh, Maharaja of Kapurthala, a Princely state of Punjab is on his way to the wedding of Alfonso XII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. On his way to Madrid, Jagatjit stops off in Paris and buys a diamond and enamel aigrette from Maison Mellerio.
While he’s in Madrid, he meets Anita Delgado, a Spanish singer and Flamenco Dancer, he falls in loves with her and marries her in Paris in 1908, he gives her the aigrette as a wedding gift. Upon her marriage Anita Delgado’s name was changed to Prem Kaur, her official title was Rani Prem Kaur Sahiba.













