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Shortly after the Diamond Necklace Trial—and for the first time in her reign—hisses greeted Marie Antoinette when she entered her box at the Comedie Francaise in Paris. In the autumn of 1786, Madame Vigee Le Brun’s latest portrait of the Queen was withdrawn from exhibition at the Salon “lest it provide occasion for outbursts of public antagonism.” And finally, in that same fall, came a letter from Paris Police Lieutenant General de Crosne …: that Her Most Christian Majesty, The Queen of France, to avoid any possible unpleasantness in the form of public demonstrations, might best postpone any contemplated visit to Her Majesty’s capital city. —The Queen’s Necklace by Frances Mossiker

Shortly after the Diamond Necklace Trial—and for the first time in her reign—hisses greeted Marie Antoinette when she entered her box at the Comedie Francaise in Paris. In the autumn of 1786, Madame Vigee Le Brun’s latest portrait of the Queen was withdrawn from exhibition at the Salon “lest it provide occasion for outbursts of public antagonism.”

And finally, in that same fall, came a letter from Paris Police Lieutenant General de Crosne …: that Her Most Christian Majesty, The Queen of France, to avoid any possible unpleasantness in the form of public demonstrations, might best postpone any contemplated visit to Her Majesty’s capital city.

—The Queen’s Necklace by Frances Mossiker

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