He was exiled to Britain at age 15 and was befriended and much admired by Queen Victoria, who is reported to have written of the Punjabi Maharaja: "Those eyes and those teeth are too beautiful".
He was exiled to Britain at age 15 and was befriended and much admired by Queen Victoria who forced him to hand over the Koh-i-Noor. She is reported to have written of the Punjabi Maharaja: "Those eyes and those teeth are too beautiful".