• dion_starfire@lemm.ee
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    5 hours ago

    If it was truly her that said it, she would have been even younger than that. The book in which it’s written (which is known to not be fully factual and in which the quote is attributed to “a great princess”) was written when Antoinette was 9 years old. But it wasn’t published until she was 26, eight years after she became queen.

    “If they have no bread, let them eat cake.” sounds like something I would expect a 6-7yo who had never gone without luxury food to say.

    • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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      3 hours ago

      sounds like something I would expect a 6-7yo who had never gone without luxury food to say

      You mean like Elon’s toddler son?