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Season 2 Episode 3 | 30s

When Marie Antoinette takes steps to protect herself and her unborn child, she unwittingly fuels the perception of her as an extravagant tart while Paris starves. For the first time, the people openly protest against her.

Funding for Marie Antoinette is provided by Collette.
Extras
Amid the revolution’s advance, Marie Antoinette struggles to support Louis’s rule.
Marie Antoinette deals with personal grief.
As the public trial begins, events quickly spiral out of Marie Antoinette and Louis’s control.
Marie Antoinette is implicated in the diamond necklace theft and determined to prove her innocence.
Marie Antoinette overhauls her image, and the King and Queen find happiness.
Marie Antoinette’s affair with Fersen reignites – could it be part of a carefully orchestrated plot?
Disastrous consequences loom for Marie Antoinette and Louis as the revolt rumbles on.
Louis becomes increasingly confident. Marie Antoinette is enamored by a familiar face.
Louis becomes increasingly confident. Marie Antoinette is enamored by a familiar face.
Marie Antoinette encounters a familiar face and has conflicted feelings.