Alexandrina Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and the fourth son of King Geroge III. In 1820 both men died and Alexandrina inherited the throne becoming one of the youngest queens in the United Kingdom. At the age of 18, Queen Victoria brought so many things during her reign as the queen of England. Her legacy of morality and influence in politics became the inspiration for so many movie and TV shows around the world. The BBC show Queen Victoria, Mrs. Brown, The Young Victoria is among the most recent depictions of Alexandrina Victoria, Queen Victoria.

The most recent attempt to cover another chapter in the life of Victoria (Judi Dench) is the film by Stephen Frears-Victoria & Abdul, set in 1887 during the queen's golden jubilee, the film tells the story of Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) a young prison clerk from Agra India who is instructed travel to the UK for the Queen's celebration.

The audience discovers that Queen Victora is lonely, tired and unhappy of her life as the monarch of England, so she develops an interest in Abdul as the first time she sees him during the Jubilee celebrations.

The queen is interested to know more about him and India, later promoting him to Munshi which is the Persian name of a private secretary. As the relationships between these two grow, the fear from the Queen's household and resentment from her inner circle grow too.

This will be the breaking point in the story where the audience understands the hate to another culture from the members of the crown, even knowing that the UK owns India in that time.

Victoria & Abdul is an interesting film to watch in order to understand one of the most beautiful friendships between the Queen of England Victoria and Abdul, but also as a movie about the respect to between two people one more powerful than the other.

Judie Dench is always pleasant to watch as a highly awarded actress.