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Downfall of a Queen -Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette - A Noble Heart
ObsoleteOddity 8 Aug 2021
At 11am on 16 October 1793, the executioner Sanson appeared. Marie Antoinette, clad in simple white so different from her signature powder-blue silks and satins, accidentally stepped on Sanson’s foot.
She whispered to the man:“Pardon me sir, I didn’t mean to.”
Those were her last words.After the blade fell, the insensitive executioner, who had shortly beforehand cut off and pocketed locks of her hair, to be later sold for profit - held up her head to the roaring crowd, which shouted
“Vive la République!”
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