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Wednesday 4th February 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve never thought much of the French Revolution, have you? So complicated … and long and drawn out. Misery for the schoolchild. Didn’t they think at the time to have it more straightforward, so everybody could follow? And get better marks.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Russian Revolution not much better. Boring. Went on and on. Awful horrors and loss of jewels. Poor Nicky and Alicky, although she had her less satisfactory side. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best not to have any Revolution at all, as in our own dear Country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harry Rollo mentioned to me some time ago that the French Revolution ought never to have happened. France has never got over it. Which must be true. Such a violent country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you’ve smashed up one regime, where do you stop? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I must say, I’ve never been deeply concerned with Marie Antoinette. She does not course through one’s veins, as does Her Late Majesty Queen Mary, naturally, or Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11. Or Her Present Majesty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the V&A have mounted an exhib of Marie Antoinette. It was lucky I went with Miss Mullholland, otherwise I wouldn’t have got the point. It’s primarily a frock show, with some jewels, porcelain, furniture and ornamental gardening tools. But Miss Mullholland broke down over the letter in a glass case. ‘How lonely she was!’ she sobbed. ‘Just because it was all two hundred and fifty years ago, doesn’t make it any better.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such a good point about history. So often you hear: ‘Three thousand were massacred… not very jolly.. ha..ha.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later Miss Mullholland raged at some women who didn’t understand. ‘That’s the guillotine over there… in that glass case.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marie Antoinette don’t do anything wrong. I found out later. She was the victim. In her person she was an asset. Never read a book. But gay. Rousseau-esque. Championed huge hair, huge skirts, gorgeous embroidery, then later a simple milkmaid look. So daring. Her frocks were thought nighties. She loved a mis-en-scene. So playful. She had ornamental gardening tools. She never said, ‘Let them eat cake.’ She commissioned the most restrained porcelain. She did so much for the arts and the crafts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was quite unnecessary to drag her through Paris in a cart and chop her head off. She was the daughter of the Emperor of Austria. Even the V&A seem to think so. Such wrong. I can’t get over it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Darling Marie Antoinette: She was a Delight <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Her Actual Cluck <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Frock <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marie Antoinette: Ornamental Gardening Tools <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Her Simple Porcelain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hair Idea <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fabric Design with Leopards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A Chair for the Trianon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jewels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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