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- Marie Antoinette's 
self indulgence

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was the spark which ignited 
the French Revolution.

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Or at least, so the story goes.

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(gentle music)

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- [Announcer] She was 
made into a scapegoat

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for all the things

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that had happened during 
the period of terror.

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- [Announcer] It was 
a propaganda coup.

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- France did not recover 
from this deficit.

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- It seems like it's 
two steps forward

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and one step back.

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So what's the real story,

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and how did it get started?

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- [Announcer] Lucy Worsley's 
"Royal Myths & Secrets,"

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only on PBS.