Airing My Laundry, One Post At A Time...: Marie Antoinette Never Said That Cake Thing

"Let Them Eat Cake."

There are people who truly believe Marie Antionette actually said this. She did not. It was a lie probably made up during the French Revolution because the poor were pretty pissed at Marie and her family.

I mean.

Check out where Marie lived while others resided in squalor:

Yeah. I might have made up lies too.

Anyhow, Natalie and I got to check out Versailles while we were in France. Versailles was Marie's home with her husband Louis XVI. She was only 14 when she married him, so yikes.

I imagine Marie was in awe when she looked up at the ceilings as she arrived. I'd probably be like, you know what, this will do.

This was the church where she married her husband as a teenager. Louis was timid and shy so she was probably like, "ho hum, at least I have this pretty palace." Oh, and he was only 15.

Speaking of Louis, here's where he slept. Away from his wife, unless they were, you know, making an heir. Which they did not do for, what? Four years I think it was. He was shy. And she was, well, FOURTEEN.

I bet Marie skipped down the Hall of Mirrors. Twirled in her pretty dresses. Tried not to breathe in any pee. Because there were no toilets so people did pee in corners and such.

Where did Marie sleep? Here. I believe she gave birth here. She did end up having 4 kids. 2 girls and 2 boys. She had the daughter first and everyone was like, WHAT? We need a BOY! Marie loved her daughter though and her second kid was a boy so she was able to shut everyone up. Oh, and see that door in the wall? It's what she used to escape the French Revolution mob. (She was still caught though. But good effort, Marie.)

I wonder if she gossiped on this couch? Probably. I want a couch like this. It would look SO out of place with all our drabby furniture, but I do not care.

Oh, and if you have no clue with Marie Antoinette is, this is her with her kids. She did have 4, but one sadly died, hence the empty cradle. It was a girl who came early. (And sadly, one of the boys passed away when he was 7.)

The outside is just as pretty as the inside:

When we went, it was foggy and overcast. But imagine how it must look in the Spring with all the flowers. I bet it is simply glorious. I'd want to walk through the gardens and just read a book, breathing in the flowers.

Obviously most know that Marie and her husband were beheaded. The people had enough of kings and queens living in splendor. I do not blame them. I do not agree with chopping off their heads, but getting rid of the monarchy? Yes.

By the way, Natalie bought this purse in the gift shop. We love a good museum gift shop:

Curious on what happened to Marie's remaining kids after their parents were put to death? The son died in jail. He was only 10. The daughter survived! She didn't live the easiest life. She was married to someone she did not love. Most of her life was lived in exile. But she made it to 72. I'm sure she had all sorts of stories of her childhood.