PHOTOS: Gayatri Devi: A royal life
Devi poses next to a custom-built Rolls-Royce in this undated photo taken in Jaipur. The death of Devi, who personified a lost era of aristocratic privilege and exotic glamour in India, has sparked a bitter inheritance dispute among her heirs. (AFP/Getty Images)
In this photo taken in Jaipur on Jan. 26, 1961, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, center, is flanked by Devi and her husband, the maharaja. At the far left is Elizabeth’s husband, Prince Philip, who killed the tiger. (AFP/Getty Images)
Devi, left, inquires about the welfare of a child during a 2006 polo match in Jaipur. (Yirmiyan Arthur / Associated Press)