Trivia / Victoria & Abdul

• Completely Different Title: In France, the film is known as Confident royal (Royal Confidant).
• Irony as She Is Cast: Suzy Eddie Izzard is an outspoken republican. In this film, she plays the future King Edward VII, who was responsible for creating the role of the modern British monarch and saving it at a time when republicanism was at its height in Great Britain.
• Role Reprise: Judi Dench plays Queen Victoria for the second time after Mrs Brown.