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Dressing and undressing of Marie, with the help of a team of ladies-in-waiting
Explanation
Hour after hour it was one ritual after another and always the same, including dressing upon waking, lever – which included the “toilette” carried out with the help of a party of ladies-in-waiting – and the undressing, coucher. The "privilege of entering" these "functions" was a much-aspired-to sign of prestige.
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“If they have no bread, let them eat cake!”
Explanation
These words are traditionally attributed to Marie Antoinette, who is said to have pronounced them in referring to her malnourished people during a revolt unleashed by a lack of bread. The truth is that she never said them; instead, it is likely that her critics attributed the phrase to her to delegitimize the queen in the eyes of the public. Today, we'd call this fake news!
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Through a marriage between royal families arranged by her mother, the Queen of Austria
Explanation
It was Marie Thérèse, Queen of Austria, who pushed for her daughter to be wed to the heir to the French throne. This in turn led to her being crowned. The most solid pillar supporting the monarchies were marriages between royal families, and in this case Marie's mother was trying to protect their alliance with France which until that time had not been seen as a good deal for the residents of Versailles.
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“Pardon me, Sir, I meant not to do it"
Explanation
Having arrived at the square where the guillotine was set up, with her "gliding" step that in the rooms of Versailles the courtiers had observed with great enthusiasm, she climbed the steps to the guillotine, stopping only to apologize to the executioner for having stepped on his foot: " Pardon me, Sir, I meant not to do it”.
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Locks
Explanation
The king loved hunting and mechanical works, and he had a small laboratory where he built locks.
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Mozart
Explanation
Surrrounded by their children, Marie Thérèse and Francis listened to the young Mozart and his sister for six hours. Legend has it that the "six-year-old" genius took advantage of the occasion to throw himself at Marie Antoniette's feet to declare that he would marry her one day. This may not be the way things really went, but the anecdote is quite plausible.
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She played hide-and-seek and ran up and down the long galleries of the imperial palace.
Explanation
Marie Antoniette was a happy, lively, and carefree child, who loved to play hide-and-seek running breathlessly along the corridors of the imperial palace. Its two thousand six hundred rooms, which were functional but not spacious, offered her a chance for lots of fun...and lots of hiding places!
Right answer:
The Sun King
Explanation
Louis XIV, absolute sovereign, was nicknamed the Sun King for his "aspirations" to become as powerful as the Sun. One day he even dressed up to look like the Sun for a party!
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