Tea at Trianon: Nancy Guthrie

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Nancy Guthrie

From Tierney's Real News:

Nancy had limited mobility, many health issues, allegedly did not drive often, had help with housework, yard work and pool work and was reported missing Sunday, February 1, 2026 at noon when she didn’t show up for church. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen on the night of January 31, 2026, at her home in the Catalina Foothills area near Tucson (around Skyline Drive and Campbell Avenue). The home appears large and isolated. Apparently it is a single family home on a large lot in an nice neighborhood near Tucson about 60 miles from the Mexican border.
She was reported missing around noon on Sunday, February 1. According to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, who is leading the investigation, she was last seen Saturday night around 9:48 p.m. local time at her home in Catalina Foothills. IMHO, I’ve said from the beginning that someone could have stalked her and profiled her for months. Savannah often had her mother on her TV show. They do not know (or they are not saying) if she was targeted because she is Savannah Guthrie’s mother. Savannah Guthrie is also good friends with one of the Bush daughters and they attend the same New York church - so she is well-connected on both sides of the aisle. (Read more.)