Marie Antoinette

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Marie Antoinette: a Woman Wronged By Cunning English Blackmailers
· Obscene papers found by Bastille mob in cruel twist · UK professor's theory puts blame on London gang

After 250 Years, France Falls for Marie Antoinette
Newest celebrity in Paris is Austrian-born queen who was guillotined in 1793.

Coppola Film Booed
Sofia Coppola's $40m (£22m) portrait of Marie Antoinette was premiered in Cannes yesterday, and while some in the audience of critics and film writers clearly enjoyed it, many did not.

Size Did Matter to Marie-antoinette
One of the underlying causes of the French Revolution, the disastrous marriage between Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, has been brought down to size by a meticulous investigation into the royal couple's sexual incompatibility.