There is a persistent story that Lord William Bentinck (1774-1839), Governor-General of Bengal between 1828 and 1833 had proposed to dismantle the Taj Mahal and sell it for profit.
Etitaz Raja, 34, bought the three-bed doer-upper in Northamptonshire for £150,000 in 2017 with his life savings – and hoped to sell it to fund buying his dream home.
The gold-dust briefs, on sale for between £100 and £150, were in short supply with just 40 issued each day from July 1 to August 4 later this year to see the late Queen’s favoured retreat.
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