"My king, My Lord, and my love..even though my heart aches for all you have mentioned, it is still troubled constantly by our current predicament. The people are talking, the neighboring kingdoms are laughing and I can't help but fear that I am the true cause of our problems." The queen said.

It is not unusual for women to assume they are the cause of the problem of childlessness in the family especially when there is no contradictory evidence.