Did Queen Victoria really say 'I feel sure that if I were a man, I should be a great soldier.'?

Queen Victoria Quote Source & Citation:

I feel sure that if I were a man, I should be a great soldier.

— Queen Victoria Modern · British monarch, Victorian era

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"The Crown is a heavy burden."

"I am an old woman, but I am still the Queen."

"He is my master, my husband, my friend, my all."

"I am surrounded by sycophants."

"I have no doubt that I shall be a good Queen."

From her journals, expressing a martial ambition limited by her gender.

Date: 1840s

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