Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets

Marie Antoinette's self indulgence was the spark which ignited the French Revolution. Or at least, so the story goes. (gentle music) -

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She was made into a scapegoat for all the things that had happened during the period of terror. -

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It was a propaganda coup. France did not recover from this deficit. It seems like it's two steps forward and one step back. So what's the real story, and how did it get started? -

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Lucy Worsley's "Royal Myths & Secrets," only on PBS.