Title: Victoria &amp; Abdul
Content:  Victoria & Abdul is a 2017 British biographical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. The film is based on the book of the same name by Shrabani Basu, about the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Indian Muslim servant Abdul Karim. It stars Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Michael Gambon, Eddie Izzard, Tim Pigott-Smith (in his final film role), and Adeel Akhtar. The film had its world premiere at the 74th Venice Film Festival, and was theatrically released on 15 September 2017 in the United Kingdom. It has grossed over $65 million worldwide. The film was nominated for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 90th Academy Awards, and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (for Dench) at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.
Title: Victoria &amp; Abdul
Content:  On 17 June 2016, it was reported that Judi Dench would play Queen Victoria in Victoria & Abdul, a film based on the book of the same name by Shrabani Basu. Stephen Frears was set to direct. Dench had also portrayed Victoria in the 1997 film Mrs Brown, to which this film has been described as an unofficial sequel. On 5 August 2016, it was announced that Ali Fazal would play Victoria's confidant Abdul Karim, while the film would be co-produced by Working Title Films and BBC Films, and co-financed by BBC and Focus Features. Focus also handles U.S. distribution rights, while Universal Pictures International handles all other countries. The script was written by Lee Hall, and the producers are Beeban Kidron, Tracey Seaward, Tim Bevan, and Eric 
Title: Victoria &amp; Abdul
Content: Ali Fazal as Abdul Karim ; Judi Dench as Queen Victoria ; Tim Pigott-Smith as Henry Ponsonby ; Eddie Izzard as Albert, Prince of Wales ; Adeel Akhtar as Mohammad Bakhsh ; Michael Gambon as Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury ; Paul Higgins as Sir James Reid, 1st Baronet ; Olivia Williams as Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill ; Fenella Woolgar as Harriet Phipps ; Julian Wadham as Alick Yorke ; Robin Soans as Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham ; Simon Callow as Giacomo Puccini ; Simon Paisley Day as Mr Tyler ; Amani Zardoe as Princess Helena of the United Kingdom ; Sophie Trott as Sophia of Prussia ; Penny Ryder as Sophie of the Netherlands ; Joe Caffrey as Sous Chef ; Tim McMullan as Tailor ; Jonathan Harden as Wilhelm II, German Emperor ; John Rowe as Head Waiter The cast includes: 
Title: Victoria &amp; Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant
Content:  The book was adapted to make the film Victoria & Abdul (2017), which features Dame Judi Dench and Ali Fazal.
Title: Victoria &amp; Abdul
Content:  Victoria & Abdul was released for audiences in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2017.
Title: Victoria &amp; Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant
Content:  Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant is a book about Queen Victoria and her Munshi, Abdul Karim, researched and written by Shrabani Basu, published by The History Press in 2010, and adapted to produce the feature film Victoria & Abdul in 2017. Sources in the book include the Royal collections at St James's Palace, Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, Osborne House, material from the British Library, the diaries and scrapbooks of Sir James Reid and the unpublished personal memoirs of Abdul Karim, kept in Karachi. In addition to Queen Victoria and Karim, the main characters featuring in 
Title: Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Content:  Queen Adelaide was played by Harriet Walter in the 2009 film The Young Victoria, as a kindly but practical counsellor to the inexperienced queen. Delena Kidd portrayed her in the 2001 television serial Victoria & Albert.
Title: Victoria &amp; Abdul
Content:  while she can still protect him and warns him that the court will turn on him after her death; Abdul insists that he will stay until Victoria's death. In 1901, Victoria dies, and her son, Bertie, now Edward VII, rejects Abdul, burning all the gifts and papers from the Queen, and sending him and his family back to India. Abdul's wife saves the locket Victoria gave him. It is revealed that Abdul lived in India until his death eight years later in 1909. The film ends with Abdul kneeling at a large statue of Queen Victoria close to the Taj Mahal, talking to it and kissing its feet in respect.
Title: Victoria &amp; Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant
Content:  Victoria & Abdul was first published in 2010, then in 2011 and 2017, by The History Press, based in Gloucester. The book has 334 pages, beginning with a contents page, author's note, acknowledgements, a forward, a diagram of Queen Victoria's family tree, a mid-19th century map of British India territories, a map of the United Kingdom showing the locations of the Queen's palaces, and a dramatis personae, followed by an introduction, 15 chapters, an epilogue, notes and sources, a bibliography and an index. Between pages 224 and 225, are 16 pages of photographs.
Title: Victoria &amp; Abdul
Content:  queen will dismiss Abdul in disgust, but Victoria remains loyal to him and admonishes her courtiers for plotting against him. She announces her intention to give Abdul a knighthood. Eventually, the household decides that Victoria must break with Abdul. If not, they all will resign and certify Victoria as insane. When Victoria is told, she angrily summons the entire household and demands that anyone who wants to resign step forward. When no-one does, she says she has decided against making Abdul a knight. She will instead include him in her next honours list as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. When Victoria falls ill, she urges Abdul to return to 

Question: who plays the queen in victoria and abdul?
Answer: Judi Dench.