Opening of the exhibition "Princes, Poets and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan."

>From The Daily Telegraph, Thursday January 22nd 1998

Princess Alexandra, accompanied by the Hon Sir Angus Ogilvy, was guest of honour at a dinner held last night at the British Museum on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition "Princes, Poets and Paladins: Islamic and Indian Paintings from the Collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan." The Prince and Princess and Mr Graham Greene, Chairman of the Trustees of the Museum, were the hosts. Among others present were:

The King and Queen of Bulgaria, the King and Queen of the Hellenes, Prince and Princess Philippe of Liechtenstein, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Yugoslavia, THE AGA KHAN, PRINCE AMYN AGA KHAN, PRINCE HUSSEIN AGA KHAN, PRINCESS YASMIN AGA KHAN, Princess Badiya El Hassan, Begum Iskander Mirza, Sir Edward Heath, MP, the Ambassador of Switzerland and Mrs Nordmann, the High Commissioner for Pakistan and Mrs Samee, the High Commissioner for India and Mrs Haider, the Earl and Countess of Snowdon, Lord and Lady Menuhin, Lord and Lady Rayne, Lady Cochrane, Sir Hugh and Lady Leggatt, Sir Hayden and the Hon Lady Phillips, Prince and Princess Dimitri Romanoff, Prince Enrico d'Assia, Mr and Mrs Gaston Thorn, Mr Mark Fisher, MP, Dr and Mrs Eberhard Fischer, Miss Virginia McKenna and Mr and Mrs Alistair Duncan.

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