Everyone has heard the infamous words Mary Antoinette is supposed to have uttered in response to the starving people of France – ‘Let them eat cake’. It has become one of the most infamous quotes in history. The problem, however, is that it never happened.
In this clip, historian Lucy Worsley explores how and why Mary Antoinette became the scapegoat for the French Revolution.
This clip is from Royal History’s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley (2020). Watch on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000fj9f/royal-historys-biggest-fibs-with-lucy-worsley
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