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Sep 20, 2017 · Abdul Karim was a clerk from Agra who was sent to England as a gift for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. He became her trusted teacher, advisor and confidant, despite the resentment of the royal family and the court.
The 2017 feature film Victoria & Abdul, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Ali Fazal as Abdul Karim and Judi Dench as Queen Victoria, offers a fictionalised version of the relationship between Karim and the Queen.
Sep 22, 2017 · The relationship between Queen Victoria and her handsome, young Indian attendant Abdul Karim was deemed so controversial and scandalous by her family members that, upon the monarch’s death in...
Mar 14, 2011 · BBC News. Previously undiscovered diaries have been found by an author based in the UK which show the intense relationship between Queen Victoria and the Indian man employed to be her teacher....
Dec 9, 2021 · Learn how the Queen and her Indian attendant developed a close and controversial bond that lasted for 14 years, despite the opposition of the royal court. See photos of their meetings, letters, and the legacy of their relationship.
Plot. Abdul Karim, a young prison clerk from a Muslim, Urdu -speaking family in Agra, British India, is instructed to travel to Britain for Queen Victoria 's Golden Jubilee in 1887 to present her with a mohur, a gold coin that has been minted as a token of appreciation from British-ruled India. The Queen, lonely and tired of her fawning ...
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978-0-7509-8258-0. 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.
