Sophia Duleep Singh | Suffragette Princess

Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was a suffragette who devoted her life to fight tenaciously for women’s rights.
As daughter of the deposed Maharaja Duleep Singh, and goddaughter to Queen Victoria she started out as a socialite, but soon became a revolutionary.
In this mini-documentary Anita Anand explores the extraordinary life of Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, who lived at Hampton Court Palace.
00:00 Who was Sophia Duleep Singh?
01:21 Who was Duleep Singh?
01:56 Sophia's childhood
04:11 Socialite and Party Princess
05:00 The Delhi Durbar 1903
06:51 Votes for Women
09:00 Black Friday
10:07 World War One
10:45 What is Sophia's legacy?
To explore the forgotten story of Indian Army soldiers who camped at Hampton Court Palace: www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-...
To read more about the life of Sophia Duleep Singh go to: www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-...
Sophia Duleep Singh: Komal Amin
Narrator: Anita Anand
Director: Matt Oliver
Producer: Claudia Strange
Music: Will Stapleton
Image Credits:
Images throughout film © Peter Bance Archive
The Maharaja Duleep Singh by Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023
Portrait of Prime Minister Asquith by Reginald Haines © National Portrait Gallery, London
Video footage © KINOLIBRARY
Portrait of Emmeline Pankhurst and images of suffragettes © Museum of London,
Other images ©Alamy © Getty Images

[@KateKatastrophe]

I can't help but tear up when I hear these stories. What these women endured for our freedom. As the song sister suffragette says, "our daughters daughters will adore us, and they'll sing in greatful chorus. Well done, sister suffragette!"

[@simpar3097]

and yet look at what it has become nowadays .... it's sad! those women back then were fighting for something real :)

[@lisaahmari7199]

​@@simpar3097Poor incel.

[@jessicab2202]

I completely agree, their passion and courage is amazing! Their care for others, both those in their time and those of us a hundred years in the future, is incredible. We could all take a leaf from their book and work for equality and respect for all.

[@erink4685]

Absolutely brilliant profile. Glad to see a woman of colour being given the kudos she deserves.

[@socialistvision2579]

Love learning about historical female protagonists and freedom fighters like joan of arc, rosa parks, emily pankhurst, sophia duleep singh looks amazing so brave and inspiring

[@Sanjaygupta01]

Looking forward to the big movie next year lioness paige sandhu is playing sophia duleep singh I think she is going surprise a few people in the role even those people who didn"t like her on emmerdale

[@JMV1110]

Thankyou so much for this, so interesting. Their story is heartbreaking and what was allegedly physically done to them to stop them having children and continuing their line was beyond horrific.

[@lorrainecrawford7472]

A wonderful woman,that is why it is so important to vote.

[@thesmilingtouristguide4931]

Fantastic!!

[@nat.loveslanguages]

Such a fascinating story!

[@lesliesutain19]

WOW! BRAVO-BRAVO!!!...many thanks Mai Jindan

[@my_nubian_london9998]

❤

[@lakeshagadson357]

she from the BBC Channel

[@mTrader1]

God bless punjab

[@natacha7088]

🙄🙄🙄

[@premtpktalluri1425]

Indian princess ❤❤❤ You British people and the royal family loved us but see now ..indians lost their senses and accusing you for everything

[@mTrader1]

Punjabi *

[@user-fg8it6kp3e]

They didn’t exactly loose everything with an income of 2 million a year. Smh

[@JMV1110]

They lost so much physically and mentally.

[@user-fg8it6kp3e]

@@JMV1110 sign me up

[@simpar3097]

lol the sikh empire was a thing for 50 years only and they took control of the region after the Start of the mohgols fall... dont pretend they were legitimate 😂😂

[@kuldeepsingh8461]

😂 read more history, you will learn amazing things from that 50 yrs rule

[@simpar3097]

@@kuldeepsingh8461 still were not legitimate ...😂😂are the Kims of North Korea legitimate ? no the house of yi is 😉

[@DebayanSamanta]

Even most of the region of your British Empire were mainly conquered by the adventurers and traders...the Royal family just took their credit...😂😂😂

[@simpar3097]

@@DebayanSamanta amen to that ;)

[@DebayanSamanta]

@@simpar3097 And today..almost every region is free....Jai Shri Ram to that...😏