tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post4672922801541868791..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Marie-Antoinette's Sense of Humorelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-44431113627994040832011-06-14T19:50:45.144-04:002011-06-14T19:50:45.144-04:00People hated her because she made them realize how...People hated her because she made them realize how dreary, rigid, quotidian, colorless, and loveless their own lives were, especially the hidebound members of the court who wasted their useless lives away vying for the right to occupy a tabouret or wear a ribbon of a particular color, and in engaging in endless intrigues. They were probably thinking secretly, why didn't I do that, or why can't i be like her?The North Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-61457611865470475432007-08-08T20:51:00.000-04:002007-08-08T20:51:00.000-04:00What a wonderful way to view life! Probably one ...What a wonderful way to view life! Probably one of the reasons she still intrigues people. Public figures have to bear so much scorn from people who would never be able to cope with the same situation if the roles were reversed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-35167366034436996192007-08-07T17:01:00.000-04:002007-08-07T17:01:00.000-04:00What a great woman and role model for women and gi...What a great woman and role model for women and girls of today. I pray she may one day be raised to the Altar.<BR/><BR/>de Brantigny<BR/>unrepentant counter-revolutionaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com