When the heir to the Maharajah of Kashmir, met a woman called Maudie in London soon after the Armistice of 1918, he would end up writing a cheque for the... Læs mere
He amused Queen Victoria, he disguised Britain's spymaster, he helped the snipers in the trenches and nearly bankrupted the Boy Scouts. He was also the firebug of Covent Garden. Oh - and he was accused of being Jack the Ripper.