Photograph of the interior of the Durbar Hall in Mysore Palace. A view down the hall, flanked by arcades comprising arches supported on giant pedestals, leads the eye to two thrones in the background. Above hangs a chandelier from a glass panelled ceiling flanked by balconies on either side.

As part of the ceremonial of his visit, Prince Edward of Wales was hosted in Mysore Palace soon after his arrival in the city on the 18 January 1922. 

On October 26 1921, Edward, Prince of Wales left Portsmouth to begin a tour of the Indian Subcontinent and Japan that covered 41,000 miles, lasting 8 months. Prince Edward spent four months in India, travelling from Bombay to Calcutta and then from Madras to Karachi. As the British Empire's Ambassador, the Prince visited India on behalf of his father King George V, to thank the nation for the essential role it had played during the First World War. Moreover, the visit was intended to strengthen links between Britain and its Empire at a time of increasing calls for Indian independence.