Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim

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Victoria's friendship with her Scottish servant John Brown is a familiar story. Her relationship with Abdul Karim is less well known and yet produced even greater shockwaves in the Palace. He introduced her to the delights of Indian cuisine, fed her romantic visions of India, and taught her Hindustani. Their relationship violated Victorian taboos of race and class and threatened the 1897 Diamond Jubilee.