In the city for celebrating the centenary of the sixth Nizam’s Rolls Royce Silver Ghost car on Tuesday, former princess Esra said that two Napiers from the Nizam’s royal car collection will be restored by next year. One of these 103-year-old cars will also be displayed at the Cartier Travel with Style Concour de Elegance in New Delhi next year. Including the Rolls Royce, there are a total 11 cars at the Chowmahalla Palace on display.
Reacting to some news reports that even Chowmahalla Palace is slated to be converted into a five-star hotel, the princess made it clear that there were no such plans and the palace would continue as a museum and would only be strengthened in the days to come.
She told the media that the cost of restoring the Silver Ghost was Rs 50 lakh and was borne by Cartier. As part of the centenary celebrations, a four kilogram cake replica of Mir Mahboob Ali Khan’s Silver Ghost was made by Anna Durai, a student of the Sri Shakti College of Hotel Management, and displayed at the Chowmahalla Palace. The budding chef took 72 hours to make the cake.
Ending the speculation pertaining to the sale of the Nazri Bagh Palace, Esra said, “The palace hasn’t been sold so far. We haven’t finalised anything yet. We have renovated Chowmahalla and Falaknuma Palaces so far.” She said that the news that the palace has been sold to a jewellery-chain was a rumour.
courtesy:TOI