At Her Majesty’s Pleasure is a portrait of a larger-than-life Queen Victoria seated with three young people variously placed in her charge: Victoria Gouramma from Kodagu in South India, Duleep Singh from Punjab in North India, and Sarah Forbes Bonetta from West Africa. Forbes Bonetta, named after the ship captained by Frederick Forbes and the captain himself, was taken in as a ward of the Queen, who named herself the child’s godmother. Queen Victoria writes in her journal of the brightness and inquisitiveness of the child. These three young people from the subcontinent were similarly situated as “favorites” of the Queen and enjoyed a celebrity of sorts in their day. The popularity of stories demonstrating the largesse of the Queen served numerous purposes, including the justification of the larger imperial endeavor.