Marie Antoinette | Preview | PBS

(intense music) (horse neighs) - [Speaker] Welcome to Versailles. - [Speaker] Your job is to deliver the heir. - [Speaker] The fate of millions of people rests on your slim shoulders, Antoinette. (attendants gasp and chuckle) - [Antoinette] I don't stand a chance.

(intense music) (horse neighs) - [Speaker] Welcome to Versailles.

- [Speaker] Your job is to deliver the heir.

- [Speaker] The fate of millions of people rests on your slim shoulders, Antoinette.

(attendants gasp and chuckle) - [Antoinette] I don't stand a chance.

(intense music) Would you like to visit me this evening?

- [Louis XVI] We are not suited to one another.

- [Gossiper] It won't be long before he slings her out of France.

- [Antoinette] I am your wife!

When are you going to be my husband?

(hands pounding) (fireworks exploding) - [Speaker] Don't give up, Antoinette, fight back.

- [Gossiper] She has got to be put in her place.

(gun banging) (Antoinette screaming) - Show them that you don't care.

(dramatic music) - I shan't be the one to surrender.

Let's set this palace on fire.

(Antoinette yelling) - [Gossiper] She's stealing his crown.

- [Gossiper] Who does she think she is?

- I'm the queen of France.

(suspenseful music)

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