Did Queen Victoria really say 'It is a terrible thing this independent spirit in young people.'?

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It is a terrible thing this independent spirit in young people.

— Queen Victoria Modern · British monarch, Victorian era

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

"Being a Queen is a most unpleasant and uninteresting profession."

"To be good is to be happy."

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

"I never forget a kindness, nor an injury."

From her journals, regarding her children's desire for autonomy.

Date: 1860s

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