{
  "id": 17737503,
  "title": "Indian royals carve out new calling decades after losing their thrones",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/indian-royals-carve-out-new-calling-decades-after-losing-their-thrones",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T03:01:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3372920/indian-royals-carve-new-calling-decades-after-losing-their-thrones"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In a sprawling palace in western India, the “queen” or Maharani of Baroda welcomes guests with fragrant rose petals, presenting torchlit dances of Hindu myths. Dressed in glittering finery, Radhikaraje Gaekwad is a queen in name only, a modern businesswoman presiding over a world her ancestors once ruled. “The key has been that we have adapted,” the 48-year-old said in her vast Lakshmi Vilas…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}