 When complaints were brought to her , Victoria refused to believe any negative comments about Karim . She dismissed concerns about his behaviour , deemed high @-@ handed by Household and staff , as " very wrong " . In June 1889 , Karim 's brother @-@ in @-@ law , Hourmet Ali , sold one of Victoria 's brooches to a jeweller in Windsor . She accepted Karim 's explanation that Ali had found the brooch and that it was customary in India to keep anything that one found , whereas the rest of the Household thought Ali had stolen it . In July , Karim was assigned the room previously occupied by Dr ( later Sir ) James Reid , Victoria 's physician , and given the use of a private sitting room . 
