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Marie Antoinette Series 1
Episode 6 of 8

To salvage the royal marriage - and their nations’ alliance - Antoinette’s brother Joseph intervenes. His bluntness is mixed with joviality, but he faces an uphill task.

To salvage the royal marriage - and their nations’ alliance - Antoinette’s brother Joseph intervenes. Co-ruler of Austria, his bluntness is mixed with joviality, but he faces an uphill task.

After seven years, Antoinette and Louis live apart and barely talk. The divorce negotiations are concluded, and Antoinette’s fate sealed, before the effect of Joseph’s efforts are felt.

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Sat 25 Feb 2023 01:30
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    Martin Todsharow

    Herzelinde Is Gone

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Marie Antoinette Emilia SchΓΌle
Louis XV James Purefoy
The Dauphin Louis Cunningham
Count of Provence Jack Archer
Princess of Lamballe Jasmine Blackborow
Victoire de France Caroline Piette
Adelaide de France Crystal Shepherd-Cross
Count of Mercy Nathan Willcocks
Director Geoffrey Enthoven
Writer Louise Ironside

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