Black Monk Posted September 16, 2017 #1 Share Posted September 16, 2017 A rarely-seen workbook showing how Queen Victoria learned to write Urdu from a cherished Indian servant has gone on public display. The monarch began to take writing lessons from Abdul Karim in 1887. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-41285054 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted September 24, 2017 #2 Share Posted September 24, 2017 This is the most popular article at the Smithsonian site. lol Folk love a good scandal. The True Story of Victoria and Abdul! http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/victoria-and-abdul-friendship-scandalized-england-180964959/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted September 24, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Eldorado said: This is the most popular article at the Smithsonian site. lol Folk love a good scandal. The True Story of Victoria and Abdul! http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/victoria-and-abdul-friendship-scandalized-england-180964959/ Like her relationship with Karim, her relationship with her servant John Brown has also caused speculation and controversy. That was also the subject of a film - "Mrs Brown" in 1997 - with Billy Connolly playing Brown. Edited September 24, 2017 by Black Monk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted September 24, 2017 #4 Share Posted September 24, 2017 32 minutes ago, Black Monk said: Like her relationship with Karim, her relationship with her servant John Brown has also caused speculation and controversy. That was also the subject of a film - "Mrs Brown" in 1997 - with Billy Connolly playing Brown. "Mrs Brown" was a great film, I've seen it twice. "Victoria and Abdul" (2017), I'd like to see that film too. For one thing I'm a big fan of Dame Judi Dench. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Monk Posted September 24, 2017 Author #5 Share Posted September 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Still Waters said: "Mrs Brown" was a great film, I've seen it twice. "Victoria and Abdul" (2017), I'd like to see that film too. For one thing I'm a big fan of Dame Judi Dench. She was also very good as another of our great monarchs - Elizabeth I. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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