Did Queen Victoria really say 'I have been unfortunate in my sons.'?

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I have been unfortunate in my sons.

— Queen Victoria Modern · British monarch, Victorian era

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"I hate being old."

"It is a great pity that I cannot give up my crown."

"The Queen is a woman, and the Queen is a mother."

"We are not amused by this modern nonsense."

"I have a horror of large families."

From her journals, expressing disappointment with her male offspring, particularly Bertie (Edward VII).

Date: 1870s

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