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“Victoria started to chafe against the immobility and inconvenience of being pregnant again so quickly: "men never think, or at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often." But Albert insisted. Not only was it a royal duty, he could perhaps see that having the babies occupied his wife, weighed her down and allowed him to assume more and more of her responsibilities.”

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Book:Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

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“Victoria came to understand that her depression was a distinct malady that came and went, but which affected her particularly during and after pregnancy. ... Yet Albert made sure the babies kept coming. "It is too hard and dreadful what we have to go through," Victoria complained. Men ought to "do every thing to make up, for what after all they alone are the cause of.”

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Book:Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

Source: Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

“It is said that the portions of the journal covering the years 1832-61 were preserved by an order from King Edward VII and that they were typed from the originals. Beatrice is said not to have been aware of this act. If this is true, these copied portions have not been released to the public.”

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Book:Victoria's Daughters

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“This bird makes at least as much impact in Victoria's journal as the man who turned out to be the love of her life. And that evening Albert was left behind when she went out to a grand dinner.”

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Book:Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow

Source: Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow