Vijayaraje Scindia grew up in a world of feudal privilage and married one of the richest men in India, a high-ranking Maharaja who ruled Gwalior, a kingdom the size of Portugal with over four million subjects. As his wife she played hostess to kings, viceroys and fellow princes, entertaining them to cocktails in the gliterring durbar hall and to banquets that ended with a silver train of brandy…