Pastels, porcelain, and playfulness: here's how to enrich your home with the beauty of Marie Antoinette's style ...
It was the most prosaic of equipment for the grandest of heists: a ladder, propped right under the noses of French guards.
Back in the modern world, McGrath describes “Marie Antoinette blush” as a focus on that very same opulent, romantic flush.
Kirsten Dunst made her mark in the 2006 film Marie Antoinette with those endlessly stylish looks as the last queen of France.
Below, the experts weigh in on some of the pieces stolen in the heist.
One of the stories in Leblanc’s book was “The Queen’s Necklace”, centred on the real jewels made for Louis XV’s mistress, ...
Behind the glitz and glam of modern-day waxworks of the likes of Donald Trump or Michael Jackson, lies the blood-soaked history of the French Revolution. In fact, the renowned Madam Tussaud franchise ...
The contemporary art world can seem daunting to the uninitiated. Gallery assistants hide behind a desk, staring at screens. The media focuses on supersized price tags that seem light-years away from ...
The Times ran an interesting story this week regarding research which shows that a Liotard pastel in Geneva, which was long thought to depict Marie Antoinette as a child, is actually the likeness of ...
Marie Antoinette is surely one of the most the most famous monarchs in history. Known for her extravagance and indulgence, she was last queen of France before the fall of the monarchy during the ...
Gavin Newsom‘s latest swipe at Donald Trump has social media in a frenzy after the California governor took aim at the former president in a way no one saw coming. This week, Newsom, 57, and his ...
Can a new pair of shoes make you feel like royalty? I took Manolo Blahnik's Rococo heels out for a jaunt to find out. To say that Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette was a formative viewing experience ...