How come the real life Marie Antoinette never spoke English?

She actually did speak some English. Although the international language was then French, what was called the “Anglomania” was an aristocratic fad in France at the end of the XVIII century. read more

It is not clear why you believe Marie Antoinette had much occasion to speak English. She was Austrian by birth, then married into the French monarchy. She knew the American ambassador, Benjamin Franklin, because he was posted in France; but Franklin spoke French. read more

“Let them eat cake” is the most famous quote attributed to Marie-Antoinette, the queen of France during the French Revolution. As the story goes, it was the queen’s response upon being told that her starving peasant subjects had no bread. read more

Religion played an important role in the life of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, both raised in the Roman Catholic faith. The queen's political ideas and her belief in the absolute power of monarchs were based on France's long established tradition of the divine right of kings. read more