The Queen received Indian servants to mark her Golden Jubilee year. She promoted one, Abdul Karim, to become her personal teacher or ‘Munshi’. Karim instructed Victoria in Urdu and Indian ...
He has slashed the price of renting Karim Cottage on his Balmoral Estate from the usual £2,300 a week to £1,320. Queen Victoria built the house for her manservant, Abdul Karim, whose closeness ...
From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social media. Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) saw an unprecedented ...
After Queen Victoria's beloved husband passed away in 1861, the monarch was bereft with grief. The void Prince Albert left was soon filled, however, by an unexpected figure which shocked ...
When war began in 1914, no fewer than eight countries were ruled by descendants of Queen Victoria. Three of her relatives waged a war whose consequence saw two of them (Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany ...
Now, Conor Oberst is returning the favor by appearing on “Queen Victoria,” the lead single of the So So Glos’ frontman’s new LP Victory Lap (#23). Alex Orange Drink — whose real name is ...
The Queen was also pictured there in 2018 with Victoria and Abdul actress Dame Judi Dench. The close friends were seen giggling and tucking into an ice cream while they stood on the private beach.
A bust of Queen Victoria has disappeared from a town in North Wales after more than 130 years. The bronze bust has withstood two world wars and a global pandemic, but it has recently disappeared ...
A bust of Queen Victoria has sat on its Llandudno plinth since 1887 A bronze of Queen Victoria which overlooked Llandudno pier for more than a century has vanished from its plinth. Erected in 1887 ...
Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader, racehorse owner and friend of Queen Elizabeth II ... It said: "His Highness Prince Karim Al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV, 49th hereditary Imam of the Shia Ismaili ...
For 135 years, Queen Victoria gazed imperiously down on Llandudno Pier from her perch in the resort’s Happy Valley gardens. She endured two world wars, watched two National Eisteddfodau and was ...
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