Marie-Antoinette: A Censored Love Deciphered

Paris, 1791. Marie Antoinette is held captive in the Tuileries. She begins a correspondence with Axel de Fersen, a young count she met nearly twenty years earlier at a ball. Their exchanges are cordial, political...and censored. Were they lovers? Were they plotting a royal rescue? The rumors are endless, but no one can say for sure. Until now. This fascinating documentary follows the team of chemists, cryptographers and historians who through amazing new scientific techniques and hours of careful study have finally managed to fully decipher the letters between the dethroned queen and the dashing count. What they discover is the love story we already know ends in doom, but that is still full of hope, passion and breathtaking romance.

[Vera-p]

Incroyable, excitant et touchant... la mort de tous les trois est tellement cruelle... c'est fou de plonger dans l'histoire intime entre eux, c'est incroyable ce qu'on peut faire avec les technologies d'aujourd'hui... bravo, ça aurait été un dommage de passer à côté d'une telle histoire d'amour entre Marie Antoinette et Persim !

[dominiquedelattre]

magnifique et émouvant reportage. merci à ces formidables ingénieurs de l'écriture, et félicitations à Mme Lever qui est une excellente historienne.

[vollhov]

I didn’t see 100% of Marie Antoinette’s betrayal here.. Yes, there are love letters, but again Fersen confesses his love, and although she reciprocates his love, she writes "My dear delicate friend" (but was it still treason?). As a result, it turns out that neither the King had mistresses, nor the Queen had lovers. Eventually, this Royal couple was the most faithful couple to each other, besides, she did not abandon Louis 16 in 1789 when she could have left and saved herself, she remained with the king until the very end.
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Yes, at 3:38 minutes she confesses her love, but was it hot love? That's the question. That is, I mean did she actually cheat on the King or are these just declarations of love only in correspondence.
I would like to note that Marie-Аntoinette confessed her “love” even to her best friends, so now she’s a lesbian or what ?

[candydonnelly]

I have always had a soft spot in my heart for Marie-Antoinette. The minute her carriage crossed over the border to France, she was stripped of all her clothing and her little dog was taken away from her. The French people hated her from that moment on.

I hope she is in Heaven united with her Swedish Nobleman. Peace and Light to their Spirits. ❤️🇫🇷❤️

[littlecee]

On n'avait jamais vraiment su s'ils avaient eu une liaison.
Découvrir qu'ils s'aimaient à ce point est une bien tragique histoire.
Marie-Antoinette est restée la reine. Elle a fait preuve d'une grande dignité et d'un courage hors norme.
En fait, dans son attitude, elle a montré qu'elle était une grande reine de France. Son choix lui coûta la vie et son amour.
Respect 🌹💔

[DakotaFord]

Love this!!! This is an amazing documentary ❤❤

[cosimoepicoco]

Sempre al top! Ottima l'idea dei sottotitoli!

[QuangLe-nmck]

No matter how you perceive this love affair, it was emotionally intense and deeply karmic.

[ghostqueen]

How hauntingly beautiful and romantic!! This correspondance between star-crossed lovers makes me want to clutch my pearls and swoon <3 <3

[Thatslifedog]

This was amazing and now seeing history in a different light ❤

[alexandramsh]

I’m a sucker to History!
Wow 🤩 is it indeed a love story?! 🇸🇪 ❤️ 🇫🇷 Xx

[davidescozzi]

Very interesting. Felt the love of the two, with a twist of sadness.

[evasiondreams]

It was a platonic relationship. She was too prudish to give herself to another man and she always devoted herself to her duties as queen. She truly loved the king during the last years. And the king truly loved her from the beginning.

[anabelvargas]

😢que triste todo lo que vivieron. Hoy sabemos que se amaron hasta el final.

[gamelot]

DNA testing her sons heart which is in St.Denis, and comparing with Fersens dna might answer this question.

[Juanita-gfte]

I hope the poor lady did find true love in her of at 14 to an indifferent husband who didn't consummate the marriage for 7 years, and everyone blamed her for not producing an heir before that. She was made a scapegoat for ills that existed in France long before she was sent there.

[renatatarnawski]

How sad
It would have been better
If they were just 2 peasants in love

[malparillo]

quelle beauté qu était Marie Antoinette ❤

[JohnBurman-ll]

This is tabloid press level. Both her and husband tried to solve massive economic issues but the Rentier class aristocrats were unwilling to transform.

[jennysmart]

Read Stefan Zweig's book Marie Antoinette. A great read!