Legal battle over royal house of Mysore

May 28, 2015 00:47

On Thursday the widow of the late maharaja will crown a new king, but his nephew is preparing a legal challenge to claim the 8bn estate.

The fortune is one of the greatest on earth , the legacy of one of India's richest princes, which tens of thousands have died in battle to protect.

Now however, it will be a battery of lawyers who will defend the palaces, fortresses, jewels, crowns, paintings and vast domains of the royal house of Mysore, once an independent kingdom that was founded more than 500 years ago, and quickly established itself as one of the most powerful in southern India.

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