How Abdul Karim Became the Closest Friend of Queen Victoria
True friendship knows no borders
Friendship, isn’t it a beautiful thing. It connects two people with separate souls and different hearts.
It can make you laugh at the moment you are at the burst of your tears or it can make you smile and say I am alright, it can make the pace of your heart quicken with excitement at the presence of your friend and it can also make you feel that life is actually a beautiful treasure to have. And the best part is that friendship sees no boundaries to race, language, age and occupation. Anyone can be your friend; your partner that you love, your beautiful mother or even your silly little sister.
And such was the beautiful friendship formed between two people thousands of miles away, one white the other brown, one royal the other a servant, one old the other young, one Christian the other a Muslim; the unbreakable friendship between Queen Victoria of England and Abdul Karim, the servant from India. Abdul Karim was Queen Victoria’s closest friend, her sweet son, her place of solace and her teacher(Munshi). He served the Queen for almost two decades.
A gift from India
In 1887, Queen Victoria of England also the Empress of India celebrated her Golden Jubilee. She had a lot of…
