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When
25 March 2026
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All attendees must be named Historic Royal Palaces members holding a valid membership. Please present your membership card alongside your ticket at the entrance.
Free (advance booking required)
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- New exhibition at Kensington Palace.
- Preview takes place before public opening.
On this members-only preview day, be among the first to discover the story of Punjabi princess and suffragette icon, Sophia Duleep Singh and five women who shaped her extraordinary life, in a new exhibition at Kensington Palace.
Explore how Sophia and her sisters Catherine and Bamba, her mother Bamba Muller, grandmother Jind Kaur and godmother Queen Victoria each expressed womanhood, power and royalty in different ways, devoting themselves to different causes and becoming powerful changemakers.
Highlights of the exhibition include an original copy of The Suffragette, featuring the iconic image of Sophia selling copies of the newspaper, along with letters, photos and jewellery that offer a glimpse into the lives that these women led.
Image: Princesses Sophia and Catherine Duleep Singh at a suffrage dinner, on the anniversary of the first time Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney were arrested in Manchester, 1930. © Peter Bance Collection
Image: Bound copy of The Suffragette newspaper, featuring an image of Sophia selling copies outside Hampton Court Palace. © Peter Bance Collection
Image: Catherine with Lina Schaeffer. © Peter Bance Collection
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