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- According to Shrabani Basu, the journalist who uncovered this friendship after a 2003 visit to the Queen’s summer home and wrote about it in her book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen’s Closest Confidant, the Queen had expressed interest in the Indian territories ahead of her Golden Jubilee in 1887, and specifically requested Indian staff members help serve at a banquet for heads of state.
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Basu flew to Agra to search for descendants of Karim, who had no children and died in 1909, just eight years after Queen Victoria. With the help of a local journalist, she found Karim’s grave....
Sep 22, 2017 · Intrigued, Basu spent the following five years uncovering the story of Victoria and Abdul—a long investigation which involved the historian going to Windsor Castle and cannily asking to...
Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant is a book about Queen Victoria and her Munshi Abdul Karim, researched and written by Shrabani Basu, published by The History Press in 2010, and adapted to produce the feature film Victoria & Abdul in 2017.
Oct 5, 2017 · Basu explained to us that the initial spark for her investigation began while she was working on a book on the traditional Indian dish curry. "I knew Queen Victoria loved curry and that she had some Indian servants. But that was pretty much all I knew then," Basu told us.
Oct 4, 2017 · Author Shrabani Basu stumbled upon this painting of Abdul Karim while visiting Victoria and Albert's former summer home. It raised questions. Why was Karim, thought to be a servant, dressed as a nobleman holding a book?
The film is based on the book Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu, about the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Indian Muslim servant Abdul Karim.
Sep 21, 2018 · In her book Victoria & Abdul, Basu delved into the hidden friendship between Queen Victoria and her Indian attendant Abdul Karim. The two met and became close towards the end of Victoria’s reign and the friendship had a profound impact on the Queen, but this fascinating story was almost lost.
