i was wondering over the internet..looking at royal jewels...found this site...an austrian archduchess wears this tieara...i personaly thik she looks ALOT like...
Hello Patricia, Mob control, crowd control is always a problem for security forces, especially at socker games, football games, etc. It is always easy to...
I too have looked at these pictures and while the lady is beautiful with her auburn hair and freckles..she looks more like a a princess from Great Britain...
Hi Jan! I've brought this up in the first place, because I have personally spoken with and know of a great many people in the United States who are personally...
Point of etiquette: Can you write OT when you have discussions that aren't about Marie Antoinette/the period/French history? Not to stop you from having them,...
Somewhat Off Topic. Dori believes democracy is superior to monarchy. I believe bad people, unopposed, can make any system unbearable; it takes a strong...
Hi Dorit! I apoligize. I was answering a message which had been about a tale of two cities. I guess I don't consider it totally off topic, since history has...
hello Everyone, I'm looking for the French original phrasing of the famous phrase of Mirabeau's advice to the king and queen that "a jacobin in the ministry is...
... political discussions here, I wanted to avoid them on the group, and writing "OT" would help. There is little apathy in the law school, I promise you. I...
Hi George, I still prefer democracy but not for the reasons you discussed. I agree with you that any system can be ruined by people - they do not have to be...
We the people (i.e., the population of the USA) suffer from the problems which beset the poor people of revolutionary France: a belief that the answer lies in...
I agree with you George, we do suffer some of the same problems as the French citizenry and we do want strong, good leadership as well as someone who will pay...
As these discussions have gone on, and on, I seem to have opposed Dori because of my original belief there were no truly competent leaders in France. I have...
Frankly, I believe that we should dissolve the two party system which is nothing more than a financial bonanza for a few and a joke for others so that real...
Hi Dorit, Just to remind you that the real reason that monarchies prevailed is the belief that they were divinely appointed and thus God driven. Naturally,...
HI Patricia, A thousand floggings for you for going offtopic!Jan ladyofhealingtouch <MadameAntoine@...> wrote: Hi Dorit! I apoligize. I was answering a...
Hi Patricia, I understand your concern about "bad" government. Unfortunately, I can remember using the French Revolution in my English classes reminding my...
Agreed. There are too many long term politicians, some of who have been in congress for more than 35 years, and that simply says that the electorate is an...
What you're saying is undeniably true. People are always ready to credit Mussolini with making the trains run on time. Hitler brought Germany from a state of...
Hello group! It has been so quiet in here of late..everyone must be very busy. I have a question and probably some of you know the the answer already. Has...
Antoinettes daughter, Marie Therese, DID INDEED marry........to her first cousin....although she lived a 'long' life....she did not have any children herself. ...
Hello! I don't know about Marie Antoinette's genealogy, except for the royals that lives today. The queen of Romania was MA's grand niece or something? But I...
Thank you for straightening me out on Marie Therese's marriage status. I appreciate being corrected when I've made a mistatement. It makes sense that she would...
I appreciate you sharing the link to the Bourbon genealogy, Janne. I will check it out. I know, somewhere there must be some genealogy on Marie Antoinette...
Hi Patricia, Just to let you know that family problems are keeping me away from the library until today. I will be chatting again soon if and when I can. My...
"Marie Antoinette was very giving. She did give food to the people in need. She did let peasants stay in the cottages that she had built, she did acknowledge...
"Marie Antoinette was not the brightest of Queens in my opinion but something about her has us still talking about her today. - Was it her tragic death? - Her...
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