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Article: His family ruled an empire and built the Taj Mahal...now he lives in a hostel; PENNILESS PRINCE AKBAR TELLS HOW HE EXISTS ON LESS THAN pounds 40 A WEEK AND HAS BURGERS INSTEAD OF BANQUETS.(News)
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- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 21, 1999
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FOR centuries his family ruled India with an iron fist, establishing an empire of untold riches and splendour and culminating in the building of the Taj Mahal.
Yet Prince Akbar, heir to to the Moghul dynasty, is not living in a marbled palace, but in a hostel for the homeless.
He exists on pounds 39.85 in Income Support each week and instead of regal banquets dines on veggie burgers...when he can afford them.
"I was brought up as a royal, to lead the family and someday to go back to India to claim our rightful inheritance," said the 16-year-old ...