(German wiki, you should know that if Voltaire uses this particular quote, he's being sarcastic, not dismayed, but apparantly you don't.)
I see your tone-deaf German wiki and raise you English wiki:
In the spring of 1730 Frederick revealed to Katte that he had a plan to flee to Great Britain as a way to leave his harsh and despotic father, who he affectionately called "My Dear Papa."
Re: The case of the indiscreet reader (the other one)
I see your tone-deaf German wiki and raise you English wiki:
In the spring of 1730 Frederick revealed to Katte that he had a plan to flee to Great Britain as a way to leave his harsh and despotic father, who he affectionately called "My Dear Papa."
Affectionately. I ask you.