The UK's first ever exhibition dedicated to the life of French queen Marie Antoinette is to open at V&A South Kensington in London. Marie Antoinette Style, which opens in September, will feature 250 ...

"Marie Antoinette Style" at the V&A Museum, will unpack her dress and interiors, exploring how her style has echoed through ...

The show will run from Sept. 20 to March 22 and feature 250 objects, including exceptional loans never seen before outside Versailles, and France.

The 10.38-carat gemstone, which carries an estimate of $3 million to $5 million, was owned by generations of European royalty ...

When we first meet Cardinal de Rohan in Season 2, it’s clear that Marie Antoinette is far from his biggest fan, despite his powerful pedigree and importance in the Church.

Marie Antoinette season 2 will begin on Thursday, May 8, on BBC Two at 9.00 pm. It's already available on BBC iPlayer as a box set along with the first series. It's available via PBS in the US.

Paraphrasing a warning posed by writer Germaine de Staël ahead of Marie Antoinette’s execution, the historian says, “If you execute [Marie Antoinette], you will consecrate her.

To show how cinema has reshaped the image of Marie Antoinette, Mr. de Baecque has gathered some of the extraordinary costumes created for Kirsten Dunst, who played the queen in Ms. Coppola’s ...

De Baecque says there is now a “cult of Marie Antoinette.” “Like Diana she forged a role for herself that was different to what was traditionally expected from the queen.

The History of Wigs in Marie Antoinette’s Era. Marie Antoinette lived during what’s known as the Rococo era. Lasting from 1700 to 1770, this period was born in Paris, where artists ...

Chateau de Versailles/S. Giles. ... When Marie Antoinette moved into the royal palace as queen in 1774, she, like her predecessors, lived in the Queen's State Apartment.

After Marie Antoinette was executed in 1793, her only surviving child, Marie-Thérèse de France, was released and sent to Austria, where she was ultimately given her mother’s jewelry.