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Before she was sent to the guillotine in 1793, 37-year-old Marie Antoinette couldn’t have imagined that more than two ...

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Before she was sent to the guillotine in 1793, 37-year-old Marie Antoinette couldn’t have imagined that more than two centuries later, she’d still be one of the most famous women in the world. The ...

An exhibition at London’s V&A Museum showcases the final queen of France’s unique and important patronage of the arts.

Years after Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette met their fates at the guillotine, Karl-Wilhelm Naundorff convinced members of the French aristocracy that he was the royal couple’s long-lost progeny. Some ...

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Democratic strategist David Axelrod says President Trump’s focus on lavish renovations at the White House and Kennedy Center could hurt Republicans on the ballot in the 2026 midterms. In an interview ...