Under the pavements of Maida Vale, there is a basement flat unlike any other – two quite shabby small white rooms, full of ...

The union of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI was meant to bring peace and prosperity to both France and Austria, yet the relationship was plagued with problems from the get-go. The primary issue was ...

The whole collection was sold for more than £53m. Marie Antoinette was an Austrian princess before her marriage to France's King Louis XVI. Her extravagant lifestyle turned her into a hate figure ...

From ancient myths to modern political symbolism, there exists an intricate relationship between textiles and storytelling ...

Marie Antoinette is just a teenager when she’s forced to leave Vienna to marry the Dauphin of France. But how will she react to the complex rules of etiquette in Versailles?

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants were starving and didn’t have enough bread, she exclaimed “Let ...

A mysterious 18th century necklace made from around 500 diamonds, some of which are believed to have been taken from a piece that contributed to French Queen Marie Antoinette's demise, will go on ...

An innocent teenage queen drawn into a dark, manipulative court of Versailles. Her duty is to bear an heir. Her fate will set a country on fire. From the writer of The Favourite.

Annabels in Mayfair hosts one of the most spectacular Halloween party’s in London featuring a giant Marie Antoinette as well as a coach with a team of horses ...

Samuel Insull, who had Chicago's Civic Opera House built in 1929, ran a multibillion-dollar utility empire out of Chicago ...

Two diamond bracelets once owned by the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, have sold at auction in Switzerland for more than $8m(£5.8m). They were bought by an anonymous telephone bidder.