Jack Albrecht
May 3, 2024

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Now you've done it. I had to go find out if my memory is still working. ;-)

From what I remembered reading a couple of years ago, someone in the 19th century was writing about the French revolution and the writer made up the quote to "personalize" the out-of-touch reality that the French Royal couple lived in. That is, no one said it at all.

I was not too far off in my memory. Here is a link to more info:

https://www.britannica.com/story/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake

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Jack Albrecht

US expatriate living in the EU; seeing the world from both sides of the Atlantic.