Hello and welcome back to the historic Royal Palace's podcast and the final episode in our series on the last princesses of Punjab.

To accompany our new exhibition at Kentington Palace, we've been episode in our series on The Last Princes of Punjab.

To accompany our new exhibition at Kensington Palace, we've been exploring the lives of the Juleep Singh Sisters.

I'm curator Polly Putnam and I'm here with my colleague, curator and exhibition historian Dr. Mishkish Sinha.

Hello listeners. For this final episode, we want to find out more about how their identities have shaped

the legacies that they left behind. What impact did these women have as change makers?

And can we find meaning in this history today.

Joining us are two brilliant historians.

To begin with, we'll chat to Peter Bantz, who is a researcher, author, collector and archivist of the Jalip Singh family and Anglo-Pinjab history.

Peter is bringing out a new book, The Last Royals of Lahore. And later on, we'll be speaking to Dr. Naja Shabaz.

As Associate Professor of the Art and Architecture of Punjab at Lahore University of Management Sciences, Nardra will be able to give us some

perspective on the sister's legacy in Lahore, which was the capital of Ranjit Singh's

empire, and where Bamba returned to and spent much of her life. Naja is an expert on the Princess

Bamba collection at the Lahore Fort

and has written a book about Ranjit Singh's Funery Monument.

So without further ado, let's find out about the legacies of the last princesses of Punjab.

Peter, thank you so much for joining us today.

You're a passionate collector of artefacts related to the Jleep Singh family,

but what is it about the princesses and their lives that drives your interest?

Thank you, Polly. Thank you for firstly for having me here today.

Researching the princesses was more by accident. I initially started researching the Maharaja. And when I started delving

into his history, I found out that the children were largely unknown. There were no books,

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