Cake was the quote—pearls were the legacy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marie Antoinette was known — and eventually beheaded — for her lavish spending. The last Queen of France and her husband, King ...

Years after Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette met their fates at the guillotine, Karl-Wilhelm Naundorff convinced members of the French aristocracy that he was the royal couple’s long-lost progeny. Some ...

PARIS, France — With the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony over, many of the visuals are making people wonder about a significant chapter in the city's rich history — Marie Antoinette.

An exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum features portraits, jewelry, dresses and more in tracing the doomed ...

Marie Antoinette’s distinctive style and spirit defined the monarchy’s last hurrah before the French Revolution. The final queen of France is also remembered for her groundbreaking support of women ...

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 sale ...

"... we can see a relationship that is really sincere." This is an Inside Science story. It was late 1791 or early 1792, in a palace on the right bank of the Seine ...