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Lucy Worsley's Royal Myths & Secrets
Marie Antoinette: The Doomed Queen
Season 1
Episode 3
Find out why Marie Antoinette is often blamed for causing the French Revolution by saying “let them eat cake” to her starving subjects. Lucy Worsley uncovers the myths and secrets that led the doomed queen to the guillotine.
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