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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
At last the month of December came and the birth of the royal infant was daily expected. Louis XVI, delighted at the prospect, could not show Marie Antoinette enough attention, “going to her appartement ten times a day to ask how she was and never ceasing to question the doctors and the accoucheur.”
—Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette Before the Revolution by Nesta Webster
His touch, the unexpected kindness of his voice, brought a lump to her throat. Instinctively, she flung herself into his arms and clung to him in the darkness. …
“Are you awake, Louis?” she whispered.
“Yes.”
“It isn’t what I expected.”
“It isn’t what I expected either.”
“Getting married is disappointing.”
“Yes.”
“Goodnight, Louis.”
“Goodnight, Marie.”-Marie Antoinette by F.W. Kenyon
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (x)
The Royal Family in the Temple Prison.
Louis XVI is teaching Louis Charles, while Marie Antoinette, Marie Therese Charlotte, and Madame Elisabeth work on some embroidery.
→ 16 th May 1770: Marie Antoinette marries the Dauphin Louis Auguste soon to be Louis XVI
The arrival of Marie-Antoinette in the forest of Compiègne; May 14th, 1770.
source: gallica.bnf.fr
The first meeting of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in Marie Antoinette (2006) and Marie Antoinette (1938)
Surrounded by the dignitaries of the Church and State, all these people waited for the young Archduchess on the morning of 14 May at Compiegne. By a special favour Choiseul had been allowed to meet her and to conduct her on the last stage of her journey. He was presented to her by Starhemberg. “I shall never forget, Monsieur,” said the tactful child, “That I owe my happiness to you.” “And that of France,” said the equally adroit Minister. He entered her coach and together they drove the last few miles of the way. When the head of the cortege was seen, the King descended from his carriage and accompanied by the Dauphin took a few steps towards the Archduchess, but she was before him; springing lightly to the ground she ran and sank to her knees, he raised her with a kiss, and presented her to the young man who touched her cheek with his lips.
The Tragic Queen - Dorothy Moulton Mayer
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