Basu first gained an interest in Karim after spotting a painting of him at Osborne House in the Isle of Wight, a former residence of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. “I knew that Abdul Karim ...

But there was another confidante of Victoria's—a man named Abdul Karim—whose relationship with the Queen was lesser-known, yet wildly fascinating. The film Victoria and Abdul is a chronicle of ...

it was the queen’s encounter with Abdul Karim that became the most significant. The young man had arrived in the United Kingdom as a “gift from India,” one intended to help Victoria address ...

A rare photo of one of Queen Victoria's favorite servants who caused controversy at the palace is to go on sale. Abdul Karim, or "the Munshi," served as the royal's butler during the final 14 ...

Abdul Karim was a special Indian servant who was with Queen Victoria in the last fifteen years of her life and reign AT the end of her life, Queen Victoria had one very special ally - her Indian ...

Abdul Karim was one of Queen Victoria's closest confidants despite efforts by royal circles to suppress their relationship before and after her death Previously undiscovered diaries have been ...

a tired Queen Victoria was greeted by a tall, bearded young man in a scarlet tunic and white turban. Victoria was 68, Abdul Karim, 23. As he knelt to kiss her feet, she was struck by what she ...

Abdul Karim, an Indian Muslim who was a close confidant of England’s Queen Victoria in the last decade of her reign, is not a well-known figure in his native country. “There was no mention.

“Queen Victoria was very lonely, depressed and tired as she celebrated 50 years on the throne, and Abdul Karim re-invigorated her,” reveals Shrabani Basu, whose book Victoria And Abdul ...

Costume designer Consolata Boyle on creating onscreen looks for Queen Victoria and young Indian clerk Abdul Karim. By Stephanie Chan The unexpected friendship between Queen Victoria and her ...