 During the Queen 's annual holiday in the French Riviera , in March 1895 , the local newspapers ran articles on Le <unk> , <unk> <unk> and le professor de la Reine , which according to Frederick Ponsonby were instigated by Karim . In the Queen 's 1895 Birthday Honours that May , Karim was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire ( CIE ) , despite the opposition of both Rosebery and Fowler . Tyler was astonished by Karim 's elevation when he visited England the following month . 
