Victorian scandal .... !
The subject of Abdul Karim - Queen Victoria's 24 year old Indian servant, she was 42 years his senior - caused such furore that all correspondence between them was ordered destroyed after her death by her son, King Edward.
..... but correspondence on his side survived. Karim's "lost diary" had been secretly held by his family for 100 years.
He was her most trusted companion. Despite the suspicious and skittish nature of her son, the King and royal court, the relationship provided companionship for an aging monarch - their age difference was such that romance seemed far fetched. Tellingly, the Queen was equally fond of Karim's wife.
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