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Queen Victoria's Last Love

Queen Victoria's Last Love

2012TV Movie⏱️ 1h 0m
DocumentaryHistory
6.7
IMDB Rating
23 votes

In 1897 Queen Victoria antagonized family and court with her relationship with Indian servant Abdul Karim. Originally a waiter the devious and arrogant young man won over the queen by playing on her love of Indian cuisine and roma...

Director
Rob Coldstream
Writers
N/A
Stars
Geoffrey Palmer, Veronica Clifford, Kushal Pal Singh
Release Date
April 25, 2012
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer
as Self - Narrator
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Veronica Clifford
as Queen Victoria
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Kushal Pal Singh
as Abdul Karim
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Humayun Ansari
as Self - University of London
Alastair Bruce
Alastair Bruce
as Self - Great-grandson of the Viceroy of India
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Andrew Bruce
as Self - 11th Ear of Elgin
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David Dabydeen
as Self - University of Warwick
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Farrukh Dhondy
as Self - Writer, The Empress & The Munshi
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Michael Hunter
as Self - Curator, Osborne House
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Javeed Mahmood
as Self - Great Grandson of Abdul Karim

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Blakeway Productions

🏷️ Keywords

british royal familyreenactment

🎯 Categories

DocumentaryHistory

⭐ Featured Review

Victoria and Abdul
by Prismark102018-01-14
3/10

"This documentary was a hoot but for all the wrong reasons. You have descendants talking about their great grandfathers like they actually met them and knew them well. You have academics pontificating about events without much evidence to go on. In fact we are told at the end that a lot of the documentary evidence was burned hence why we have recreations of some scenes with actors because of the dearth of photographs and other evidence. The elderly Queen Victoria, Empress of India having lost her previous infatuation, John Brown took a shine to Abdul Karim who was sent over from Indian as a ..."

📖 Synopsis

In 1897 Queen Victoria antagonized family and court with her relationship with Indian servant Abdul Karim. Originally a waiter the devious and arrogant young man won over the queen by playing on her love of Indian cuisine and roma...