1 00:00:01,733 --> 00:00:07,200 ♪ 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,933 Marie, voice-over: Only you understand my yearning. 3 00:00:13,166 --> 00:00:17,166 Only you, Rohan, know my heart. 4 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,066 My Queen... 5 00:00:24,066 --> 00:00:26,400 I am the servant of your every desire. 6 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,200 I will make the necklace yours. 7 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,033 Shh! 8 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:35,966 Someone approaches, Majesty! 9 00:00:35,966 --> 00:00:48,633 ♪ 10 00:00:48,633 --> 00:00:50,700 [Girls giggling] 11 00:00:55,033 --> 00:00:58,166 Don't break up the diamond necklace! 12 00:00:58,166 --> 00:00:59,533 I've found a buyer. 13 00:00:59,533 --> 00:01:52,466 ♪ 14 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:00,633 Marie, voice-over: Dear Axel, 15 00:02:00,633 --> 00:02:04,066 Dr. Brunier says the baby is doing marvelously, 16 00:02:04,066 --> 00:02:05,833 and so am I. 17 00:02:05,833 --> 00:02:07,333 It was an easy birth, 18 00:02:07,333 --> 00:02:10,100 and he seems to be he easiest child. 19 00:02:10,100 --> 00:02:11,966 Louis's very pleased with him, 20 00:02:11,966 --> 00:02:15,133 but I can't bear not to see you. 21 00:02:15,133 --> 00:02:16,600 Come when you can. 22 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:21,800 [Indistinct chatter] 23 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:26,600 Oh, dear, she just can't help herself. 24 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,600 Well, I think she's looking quite nice. 25 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:30,633 Man: The King! 26 00:02:35,033 --> 00:02:37,166 -Your Majesty. -Your Majesty. 27 00:02:37,166 --> 00:02:49,733 ♪ 28 00:02:49,733 --> 00:02:51,700 Man: That dress is awful! 29 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:53,466 Woman: She's painted in her underwear. 30 00:02:53,466 --> 00:02:54,900 Man 2: That's so inappropriate. 31 00:02:57,666 --> 00:02:58,766 Louis: Take it down! 32 00:03:00,333 --> 00:03:01,700 Take it down! 33 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:03,800 [Crowd murmuring] 34 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,900 No one else sees this. 35 00:03:05,900 --> 00:03:07,000 Louis. 36 00:03:08,466 --> 00:03:10,533 We return to Versailles now. 37 00:03:10,533 --> 00:03:11,533 Now! 38 00:03:11,533 --> 00:03:17,333 ♪ 39 00:03:17,333 --> 00:03:19,266 The gift that keeps on giving. 40 00:03:19,266 --> 00:03:20,300 [Glasses clink] 41 00:03:22,466 --> 00:03:24,000 We don't need to plot against Louis. 42 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,333 She's dragging down his reign all by herself. 43 00:03:26,333 --> 00:03:27,600 You're too modest. 44 00:03:28,966 --> 00:03:31,600 You've been using your new fortunes to help things along. 45 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,300 I may have funded a small print run 46 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:34,566 about her buying Saint-Cloud. 47 00:03:34,566 --> 00:03:36,533 Mm, I think you went further than that. 48 00:03:38,866 --> 00:03:42,166 Well, places to be. 49 00:03:42,166 --> 00:03:44,200 Uh, I thought we could dine together. 50 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:47,100 Well, if you're stuck for company, 51 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:48,500 there's always your wife. 52 00:03:48,500 --> 00:03:50,533 Huh. 53 00:03:50,533 --> 00:03:52,866 The protests at Saint-Cloud? 54 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:55,166 Bloody pigs' heads and burning horse muck. 55 00:03:55,166 --> 00:03:57,866 I'd love to shove Orléans' face in it. 56 00:03:57,866 --> 00:03:59,566 A very tempting prospect, sire. 57 00:04:01,466 --> 00:04:04,166 Did I make a mistake bringing my cousin back into the fold? 58 00:04:04,166 --> 00:04:05,733 No, I don't think you had a choice, 59 00:04:05,733 --> 00:04:07,866 but we do need to step up our surveillance 60 00:04:07,866 --> 00:04:09,033 of the Palais Royal. 61 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:13,033 And, uh, I will do my best at the Household Committee meeting, 62 00:04:13,033 --> 00:04:16,233 but perhaps you might advise the Queen to be more careful. 63 00:04:16,233 --> 00:04:18,700 We don't need to give anyone more ammunition. 64 00:04:20,633 --> 00:04:23,033 Oh, and the delegation from the Parliament 65 00:04:23,033 --> 00:04:25,133 has arrived to discuss the matter of the new loan. 66 00:04:25,133 --> 00:04:27,266 He can wait. That'll be all. 67 00:04:32,000 --> 00:05:00,400 ♪ 68 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,833 The Household Committee has permanently removed 69 00:05:02,833 --> 00:05:05,366 your new portrait from public view. 70 00:05:05,366 --> 00:05:07,633 -That's ridiculous. -Yes. 71 00:05:07,633 --> 00:05:09,666 It's a fuss about nothing. 72 00:05:09,666 --> 00:05:11,266 Welcome, Your Majesty. 73 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:12,833 The Household Committee is charged 74 00:05:12,833 --> 00:05:14,800 with preserving royal standards. 75 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,466 There is concern that your recent official portrait 76 00:05:17,466 --> 00:05:20,400 was ill-advised. 77 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,133 For ordinary subjects to see their Queen 78 00:05:24,133 --> 00:05:27,733 in a garment of that nature is... 79 00:05:30,333 --> 00:05:32,633 Man: A disgrace! Man 2: You should be embarrassed! 80 00:05:32,633 --> 00:05:36,366 Gentlemen, Paris looks to me to set trends. 81 00:05:36,366 --> 00:05:40,733 [Committee murmuring] 82 00:05:40,733 --> 00:05:43,833 Now, now, gentlemen, gentlemen, if you please. 83 00:05:43,833 --> 00:05:47,833 A royal portrait must transmit authority. 84 00:05:47,833 --> 00:05:49,366 A replacement will be commissioned 85 00:05:49,366 --> 00:05:51,266 by a different artist, 86 00:05:51,266 --> 00:05:53,600 and the committee will have ideas 87 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,600 about how you may present yourself. 88 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:56,766 Oh, as do I. 89 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:03,100 And I will bring them to the committee in due course. 90 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:04,400 [Committee grumbling] 91 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:05,766 Man: Who does she think she is? 92 00:06:08,433 --> 00:06:09,833 I understand that you don't like these people, 93 00:06:09,833 --> 00:06:11,000 but we have to listen to them. 94 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,233 I am not going to be dictated to 95 00:06:13,233 --> 00:06:15,566 by a bunch of gout-riddled old farts. 96 00:06:15,566 --> 00:06:17,833 We must adhere to etiquette for once. 97 00:06:17,833 --> 00:06:19,600 The point is to change all that. 98 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,666 -Madam, you just don't under-- -No, don't "madam" me. 99 00:06:23,666 --> 00:06:25,400 Are you listening? 100 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,000 I've just been scolded by your Household Committee. 101 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,866 I'm the Queen of France. -Yes! 102 00:06:31,866 --> 00:06:33,433 You are the Queen of France. 103 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:37,066 but that inappropriate portrait, Saint-Cloud, 104 00:06:37,066 --> 00:06:38,066 The Marriage of Figaro! -Saint-Cloud? 105 00:06:38,066 --> 00:06:39,433 That was not my fault! 106 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:41,133 You are spoiling the reputation of the Crown! 107 00:06:45,100 --> 00:06:47,800 Ask anyone who's been to the Palais Royal. 108 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:50,366 Orléans is dragging your name through the mud! 109 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:54,600 Why do you care what he says? 110 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:00,233 Do you have any idea 111 00:07:00,233 --> 00:07:01,933 how dangerous it is to be hated? 112 00:07:01,933 --> 00:07:12,166 ♪ 113 00:07:12,166 --> 00:07:13,566 Thank you for your support. 114 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:17,933 ♪ 115 00:07:17,933 --> 00:07:19,966 [Men shouting] 116 00:07:24,266 --> 00:07:27,200 Gentlemen, settle down! Settle down! 117 00:07:29,966 --> 00:07:32,633 With respect, Necker's financial report 118 00:07:32,633 --> 00:07:36,100 forecasted an annual surplus of 12 million. 119 00:07:36,100 --> 00:07:38,633 Are we to understand that this year alone, 120 00:07:38,633 --> 00:07:42,766 His Majesty has spent the 12 million livres surplus, 121 00:07:42,766 --> 00:07:46,666 on top of the 24 million borrowed from the Discount Bank, 122 00:07:46,666 --> 00:07:49,400 and he now requires another loan from Parliament? 123 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,800 It is not for the King to justify his expenses, Malherbe. 124 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,633 [Indistinct chatter] 125 00:07:55,633 --> 00:07:57,566 Malherbe: Apologies. 126 00:07:57,566 --> 00:08:00,933 We simply require some clarification. 127 00:08:00,933 --> 00:08:02,500 We are exploring a new approach 128 00:08:02,500 --> 00:08:05,733 to stimulate economic growth. 129 00:08:05,733 --> 00:08:07,966 Precisely. 130 00:08:07,966 --> 00:08:09,633 The coffers are quite well. 131 00:08:09,633 --> 00:08:13,300 My Financial Controller assures me he has it all in hand. 132 00:08:13,300 --> 00:08:16,700 Now, you may approve my loan. 133 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:29,600 ♪ 134 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,666 Dearest Cardinal, please forgive me 135 00:08:32,666 --> 00:08:36,766 for leaving our meeting in the garden so abruptly. 136 00:08:36,766 --> 00:08:39,966 We must be discreet. 137 00:08:39,966 --> 00:08:44,866 My acquisition of Saint-Cloud attracted vicious criticism. 138 00:08:47,266 --> 00:08:52,100 So, no one must know that I plan to purchase the necklace. 139 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:57,266 I will write again shortly with further instructions. 140 00:09:01,500 --> 00:09:04,233 The crazy bitch pulled it off. [Cups clink] 141 00:09:04,233 --> 00:09:08,466 Do you mean me, or our fake Queen--Nicole? 142 00:09:08,466 --> 00:09:11,266 -What if she rats you out? -She won't. 143 00:09:11,266 --> 00:09:14,766 She thinks courtiers hired her to play a trick on the Cardinal. 144 00:09:14,766 --> 00:09:16,833 I thought the scam in Belize was smart, 145 00:09:16,833 --> 00:09:18,033 but this--this is genius. 146 00:09:18,033 --> 00:09:19,633 We don't have the necklace yet. 147 00:09:19,633 --> 00:09:22,766 It's a detail. It's in the bag. 148 00:09:22,766 --> 00:09:24,600 And you, my dear, are about to pull off 149 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,333 the crime of the century. 150 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:28,433 You should come visit us on the farm. 151 00:09:29,966 --> 00:09:32,333 Yes, the farm. I'll tell you what, 152 00:09:32,333 --> 00:09:34,000 we should get some more drinks. 153 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,833 Something stronger, on me. 154 00:09:36,833 --> 00:09:38,000 To country life. 155 00:09:45,866 --> 00:09:48,600 -Villette's a liability. -He's loyal. 156 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,100 For now. 157 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:53,633 You've gone too far with him. 158 00:09:53,633 --> 00:09:57,333 He really thinks that you're his bestest friend. 159 00:09:57,333 --> 00:09:59,166 Who says I'm not? 160 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:01,533 Sooner or later, he'll see the real you, 161 00:10:01,533 --> 00:10:03,166 and he'll squeal. 162 00:10:03,166 --> 00:10:05,400 Just do to him what you did to me. 163 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,400 It's kinder. 164 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,433 [Crowd cheering] 165 00:10:16,766 --> 00:10:18,800 Why have I never been here before? 166 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:23,300 Because it's--oh! Because it's filthy. 167 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:25,366 [Cheers and applause] 168 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:36,133 Marie: "The Vicious Queen Clears Off." 169 00:10:36,133 --> 00:10:37,633 Antoinette, don't. 170 00:10:37,633 --> 00:10:39,566 Marie: "The Misadventures of Marie Antoinette, 171 00:10:39,566 --> 00:10:41,500 starring Nicole Doliva." 172 00:10:41,500 --> 00:10:42,600 Antoinette! 173 00:10:52,166 --> 00:11:10,066 ♪ 174 00:11:10,066 --> 00:11:13,333 ♪ I am the Queen of France ♪ 175 00:11:13,333 --> 00:11:16,900 ♪ I hope you like my dance ♪ 176 00:11:16,900 --> 00:11:20,400 ♪ I am the Queen of France ♪ 177 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,666 ♪ I hope you like my dance ♪ 178 00:11:23,666 --> 00:11:30,166 ♪ I **** all night, I **** all day ♪ 179 00:11:30,166 --> 00:11:32,700 ♪ But not the King of France ♪ 180 00:11:32,700 --> 00:11:36,433 Man: Stand still a minute, love. I wanna paint your portrait! 181 00:11:36,433 --> 00:11:37,500 Like that? 182 00:11:38,633 --> 00:11:41,100 [Laughter] 183 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:43,866 ♪ I am the Queen of France ♪ 184 00:11:43,866 --> 00:11:47,466 ♪ I hope you like my dance ♪ 185 00:11:47,466 --> 00:11:50,933 ♪ I am the Queen of France ♪ 186 00:11:50,933 --> 00:11:54,100 ♪ I hope you like my dance ♪ 187 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:59,400 ♪ Those frogs, they're wearing clogs ♪ 188 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,466 [Laughter] 189 00:12:01,466 --> 00:13:15,100 ♪ 190 00:13:15,100 --> 00:13:16,933 I shall complain. 191 00:13:16,933 --> 00:13:19,866 Tell everyone not to go to that sordid little cesspit. 192 00:13:19,866 --> 00:13:21,366 Louis was right. 193 00:13:23,066 --> 00:13:24,166 He's stressed. 194 00:13:25,733 --> 00:13:28,033 Because of me. 195 00:13:28,033 --> 00:13:29,566 Does he confide in you? 196 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:35,933 We speak sometimes in the nursery. 197 00:13:35,933 --> 00:13:41,366 Does he ever tell you that he's ashamed of me? 198 00:13:41,366 --> 00:13:43,566 Never. Not once. 199 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:49,933 I can tell him you don't mean any harm. 200 00:13:49,933 --> 00:13:51,466 Help him see your point of view. 201 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,266 Perhaps. 202 00:13:54,266 --> 00:13:57,633 But I need to make some serious changes. 203 00:13:57,633 --> 00:14:00,366 It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. 204 00:14:03,566 --> 00:14:05,666 Oh, I'm beginning to believe it does. 205 00:14:07,466 --> 00:14:09,066 Marie, voice-over: My dear Rohan, 206 00:14:09,066 --> 00:14:11,633 when the contract is signed and returned to me, 207 00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:14,066 we can complete the purchase. 208 00:14:14,066 --> 00:14:16,233 -Yes, of course. -But, remember, 209 00:14:16,233 --> 00:14:19,933 if any person raises the matter with me in public, 210 00:14:19,933 --> 00:14:22,233 I will deny all knowledge of the necklace. 211 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:26,833 Louis: Listen to the waves. 212 00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:28,066 It's like they're singing to you. 213 00:14:29,733 --> 00:14:32,800 You ready? You hear it? 214 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,200 [Whispering] [Door opens] 215 00:14:38,933 --> 00:14:41,333 Governess ahoy! 216 00:14:41,333 --> 00:14:43,066 We're listening to the sea 217 00:14:43,066 --> 00:14:45,666 and charting the epic voyage of Laprouse. 218 00:14:45,666 --> 00:14:47,733 -Sounds fun. -He's going to Chile, 219 00:14:47,733 --> 00:14:51,300 then the Sandwich Islands, Alaska, America. 220 00:14:51,300 --> 00:14:55,666 Provisional stops along the way and then on to Asia. 221 00:14:55,666 --> 00:14:57,466 Yolande: How wonderful. But now, I'm afraid 222 00:14:57,466 --> 00:15:00,366 the children must set sail for their baths. 223 00:15:00,366 --> 00:15:01,400 All right. 224 00:15:08,866 --> 00:15:11,133 And I hear you're off on your own adventure. 225 00:15:11,133 --> 00:15:12,966 Louis: Yes. I'm going to see the progress 226 00:15:12,966 --> 00:15:14,433 of the new harbor at Cherbourg. 227 00:15:14,433 --> 00:15:17,166 Hardly an epic voyage, 228 00:15:17,166 --> 00:15:19,633 but probably the closest I'll ever get. 229 00:15:19,633 --> 00:15:21,000 The journey will allow me to take 230 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,433 the temperature of the country, so. 231 00:15:23,433 --> 00:15:25,433 And how lovely to be away from Versailles for a while. 232 00:15:29,233 --> 00:15:30,300 You should come. 233 00:15:31,766 --> 00:15:33,266 We depart this afternoon. 234 00:15:35,766 --> 00:15:37,400 I'm sorry. It was a silly suggestion. 235 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:38,466 No, no, no. 236 00:15:40,266 --> 00:15:41,433 I would like to. 237 00:15:43,766 --> 00:15:45,733 -Really? -Yes. 238 00:15:45,733 --> 00:15:47,766 [Footsteps] 239 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,466 I've invited Yolande on our trip to Cherbourg. 240 00:15:54,466 --> 00:15:56,633 I thought you might like some time to yourself 241 00:15:56,633 --> 00:16:00,500 to make those changes you mentioned at the Petit Trianon. 242 00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:02,366 Well, I shall try not to be lonely. 243 00:16:03,866 --> 00:16:05,166 You'd better go and pack. 244 00:16:05,166 --> 00:16:06,200 Of course. 245 00:16:10,166 --> 00:16:12,166 I don't know why I invited her. It just came out. 246 00:16:12,166 --> 00:16:13,200 It's fine. 247 00:16:15,866 --> 00:16:17,466 I'm sorry for shouting. 248 00:16:17,466 --> 00:16:19,233 Well, you were right. 249 00:16:19,233 --> 00:16:21,666 People look to their monarchs for stability. 250 00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:24,666 I have undermined that 251 00:16:24,666 --> 00:16:28,000 by appearing so frivolous and foolish. 252 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:31,066 Not foolish. 253 00:16:31,066 --> 00:16:35,133 So, by the time you return, 254 00:16:35,133 --> 00:16:38,066 I will have regained my image as your beloved Queen. 255 00:16:38,066 --> 00:16:47,066 ♪ 256 00:16:47,066 --> 00:16:49,333 What is this? What's going on? 257 00:16:49,333 --> 00:16:51,800 Marguerite is moving in. 258 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:52,833 Marg-- 259 00:16:53,833 --> 00:16:56,600 Well, what will people think? 260 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,133 Oh, I imagine they won't care. 261 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:01,533 I care. 262 00:17:04,533 --> 00:17:11,200 ♪ 263 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,666 Have you asked my brother's permission? 264 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:16,900 Oh, no. I'll ask him right away. 265 00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:19,033 Louis? "Yes?" 266 00:17:19,033 --> 00:17:21,233 Oh, can Marguerite move in? 267 00:17:21,233 --> 00:17:22,866 "Yes, of course. How charming." 268 00:17:22,866 --> 00:17:23,933 Happy? 269 00:17:26,233 --> 00:17:27,266 What about us? 270 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:29,833 There is no us. 271 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,833 I mean, there never has been. 272 00:17:33,833 --> 00:17:41,866 ♪ 273 00:17:41,866 --> 00:17:44,500 Sign here. I will sign on behalf of the purchaser. 274 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:46,233 And do not ask, for I cannot tell. 275 00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:52,100 Let's just say, these are jewels fit for a Queen. 276 00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:54,366 I knew it. Who else could afford such a piece? 277 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:56,500 You mustn't tell anyone. 278 00:17:56,500 --> 00:17:58,833 And she will not acknowledge the purchase publicly. 279 00:17:58,833 --> 00:18:00,833 -I understand. -Good. 280 00:18:00,833 --> 00:18:02,300 An acquisition of this magnitude 281 00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:05,000 could put her in an uncomfortable position. 282 00:18:06,033 --> 00:18:16,100 ♪ 283 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:17,733 Oh, we must be getting close to the coast. 284 00:18:17,733 --> 00:18:18,800 Look at all the gulls. 285 00:18:20,333 --> 00:18:24,766 Larus Argentatus-- their technical name. 286 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,033 Said to trap sailors' souls. 287 00:18:30,033 --> 00:18:32,933 Their cry is-- is a dead man's cry. 288 00:18:34,033 --> 00:18:35,200 That's cheerful. 289 00:18:41,666 --> 00:18:43,066 You know, I've never seen the sea. 290 00:18:45,233 --> 00:18:48,300 I've read about it. Imagined it. 291 00:18:50,166 --> 00:18:52,666 My older brother and I were sickly children. 292 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,100 We stayed inside. 293 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,600 But now I am well, and I'm King, and I'm still inside. 294 00:19:02,233 --> 00:19:03,366 Not today. 295 00:19:06,033 --> 00:19:07,066 No. 296 00:19:09,933 --> 00:19:19,266 ♪ 297 00:19:19,266 --> 00:19:20,766 -Aah! -Aaaah! 298 00:19:20,766 --> 00:19:23,500 You shall not catch me with that little hook! 299 00:19:23,500 --> 00:19:26,533 -You're already ensnared! -Foul corruptress! 300 00:19:29,766 --> 00:19:32,233 -Bold. -You make me so. 301 00:19:32,233 --> 00:19:40,800 ♪ 302 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,000 You do know that your wife has completely given up 303 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,266 on having children? 304 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,466 What if something happens to the King or his offspring? 305 00:19:51,066 --> 00:19:53,466 Babies should be Josephine's duty. 306 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:57,433 Marguerite is a bad influence. 307 00:19:57,433 --> 00:19:58,466 [Scoffs] 308 00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:02,100 She has to go. 309 00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:10,133 Marie: And navigating the vast ocean of life, 310 00:20:10,133 --> 00:20:13,400 finding companionship in a friendship 311 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,666 that is more precious than-- precious and rare-- 312 00:20:17,666 --> 00:20:21,900 precious and rare 313 00:20:21,900 --> 00:20:25,566 than all the diamonds in the world. 314 00:20:28,100 --> 00:20:30,000 That's beautiful. 315 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,733 -Get off. -No, I mean it. 316 00:20:31,733 --> 00:20:33,266 You're so good with words. 317 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:36,233 Well, there's plenty more where that came from. 318 00:20:36,233 --> 00:20:39,866 Give it to him tonight, after you get the necklace. 319 00:20:39,866 --> 00:20:41,700 It should buy us more time. 320 00:20:44,533 --> 00:20:46,733 Hey, w-what are you doing? 321 00:20:46,733 --> 00:20:48,400 Getting rid of the drafts we made. 322 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:54,233 ♪ 323 00:20:54,233 --> 00:20:56,333 Burn it. Destroy all the evidence. 324 00:20:58,666 --> 00:21:13,466 ♪ 325 00:21:13,466 --> 00:21:15,333 [Door opens] 326 00:21:15,333 --> 00:21:24,366 ♪ 327 00:21:24,366 --> 00:21:25,400 You look beautiful. 328 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,800 [Baby coos] 329 00:21:31,166 --> 00:21:32,166 May I? 330 00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:51,266 ♪ 331 00:21:51,266 --> 00:21:53,866 I have missed you so much. 332 00:21:53,866 --> 00:21:55,366 These past months without you 333 00:21:55,366 --> 00:21:56,766 have felt like years. 334 00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:08,266 ♪ 335 00:22:08,266 --> 00:22:10,866 I went to the Palais Royal. 336 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:15,266 I wanted to see for myself. 337 00:22:15,266 --> 00:22:16,900 [Scoffs] These people don't know 338 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:18,366 the first thing about you. 339 00:22:18,366 --> 00:22:20,466 They know I am an adulteress. 340 00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:25,300 So, I need to make some changes. 341 00:22:25,300 --> 00:22:31,933 ♪ 342 00:22:31,933 --> 00:22:35,633 And I am one of them? 343 00:22:35,633 --> 00:22:51,433 ♪ 344 00:22:51,433 --> 00:22:53,666 My father has been pestering me to get married. 345 00:22:54,766 --> 00:22:58,400 I will write and tell him to find me a wife. 346 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,233 Axel, don't think badly of me. 347 00:23:01,233 --> 00:23:02,300 Never. 348 00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:05,866 ♪ 349 00:23:05,866 --> 00:23:06,900 [Door opens] 350 00:23:10,333 --> 00:23:12,233 [Door closes] 351 00:23:12,233 --> 00:23:16,900 Majesty, a gift from the villagers--a local delicacy. 352 00:23:16,900 --> 00:23:18,466 Farmer's pate. 353 00:23:29,833 --> 00:23:30,833 Mmm. 354 00:23:30,833 --> 00:23:32,900 [Women giggling] 355 00:23:35,766 --> 00:23:36,800 This... 356 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,033 This is the most delicious thing I've ever eaten. 357 00:23:43,033 --> 00:23:45,066 [Laughter] 358 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:51,300 They seem to like me. 359 00:23:51,300 --> 00:23:52,433 What's not to like? 360 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,466 It seems I am more popular than my wife. 361 00:23:57,466 --> 00:23:59,766 Well, it's treason to attack a king, 362 00:23:59,766 --> 00:24:01,766 so, his critics find a scapegoat-- 363 00:24:01,766 --> 00:24:03,433 usually the royal mistress. 364 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:10,900 But you don't have a mistress, so, Antoinette gets it instead. 365 00:24:16,466 --> 00:24:19,333 The new official portrait will be stately. 366 00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:22,900 Classically inspired, royal colors, limited jewels. 367 00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:24,333 Seated, of course. 368 00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:26,900 So, we'll hate everything about it. 369 00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:28,933 But the committee will love it. 370 00:24:28,933 --> 00:24:30,866 Excellent vision, Majesty. 371 00:24:30,866 --> 00:24:33,266 Now, how about your hair? 372 00:24:37,566 --> 00:24:40,800 Stop pretending, Leonard. 373 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:42,166 We both know what's there. 374 00:24:42,166 --> 00:24:44,600 Ah, everyone's got it. 375 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,200 It's the large pins. They pull so-- 376 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,166 Cut it. 377 00:24:49,166 --> 00:25:01,566 ♪ 378 00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:03,500 -Ta-da! -Voila! 379 00:25:07,366 --> 00:25:09,833 Tomorrow, the court will see a whole new Queen! 380 00:25:09,833 --> 00:25:12,533 It's perfect. 381 00:25:12,533 --> 00:25:14,166 Marie, voice-over: I understand that the formalities 382 00:25:14,166 --> 00:25:16,100 have been completed. 383 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:19,766 The necklace will be collected by my personal guard. 384 00:25:19,766 --> 00:25:22,933 Do not entrust it to another. 385 00:25:22,933 --> 00:25:25,233 Do this for me, Rohan, 386 00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:27,833 and you will be in my favor forever. 387 00:25:39,300 --> 00:25:41,366 Deus meus. 388 00:25:41,366 --> 00:25:44,300 And the first installment? 400,000? 389 00:25:44,300 --> 00:25:46,500 The purchaser will send it by return. 390 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:48,933 You may deliver the item to your mistress. 391 00:25:48,933 --> 00:25:51,166 No, it will travel with my own guards. 392 00:25:51,166 --> 00:25:54,233 It's this guard, or none. The purchaser insists. 393 00:25:54,233 --> 00:25:56,600 This is the most expensive necklace in the world. 394 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,300 And she is the Queen of France! What she wants, she gets! 395 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:02,500 And she wants him to deliver the necklace! 396 00:26:04,366 --> 00:26:05,733 If your men make the delivery, 397 00:26:05,733 --> 00:26:07,533 everyone will know she has bought something. 398 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:08,566 Be on your way. 399 00:26:11,133 --> 00:26:14,633 Be sure to send your mistress our personal regards. 400 00:26:18,666 --> 00:26:20,666 Come straight back with the Queen's first payment. 401 00:26:20,666 --> 00:26:23,100 I'll wait up. -Yes, Your Eminence. 402 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:24,800 Her Majesty wanted me to give you this. 403 00:26:34,633 --> 00:26:56,600 ♪ 404 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:57,800 Sorry, kid. 405 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:08,600 ♪ 406 00:27:10,566 --> 00:27:11,966 That bastard betrayed us! 407 00:27:14,166 --> 00:27:15,766 What happened? 408 00:27:15,766 --> 00:27:18,000 Le Motte said you bottled it and ran off. 409 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,300 **** you, arse****! Don't believe a word he said! 410 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:23,333 He knocked me out! -What's going on? 411 00:27:23,333 --> 00:27:25,433 -He attacked me. -Did you? 412 00:27:27,233 --> 00:27:29,366 -No. -You ******* liar. 413 00:27:30,966 --> 00:27:32,000 Get out! 414 00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:36,633 Jeanne, please, it's you and me. 415 00:27:36,633 --> 00:27:38,866 Get out! 416 00:27:38,866 --> 00:27:40,900 [Choking] 417 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:42,066 Don't touch her! 418 00:27:46,366 --> 00:27:49,733 I was gonna wait until we got back to London, 419 00:27:49,733 --> 00:27:51,533 but I guess I'll just kill you now instead. 420 00:27:51,533 --> 00:27:52,666 Oh, no, no! 421 00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:57,533 [Gasping] 422 00:28:02,833 --> 00:28:03,833 Run! 423 00:28:03,833 --> 00:28:08,966 ♪ 424 00:28:08,966 --> 00:28:10,766 Only child. 425 00:28:10,766 --> 00:28:12,233 I was never very good at sharing. 426 00:28:14,533 --> 00:28:17,566 You're a dead man walking. Do you hear me? 427 00:28:17,566 --> 00:28:19,466 You're a dead man walking, Villette! 428 00:28:19,466 --> 00:28:25,500 ♪ 429 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:27,533 [Laughing] 430 00:28:42,233 --> 00:28:44,333 ♪ 431 00:28:44,333 --> 00:28:47,233 [Groans, exhales] 432 00:28:47,233 --> 00:28:51,666 ♪ 433 00:28:53,533 --> 00:28:55,700 Perfect, no? 434 00:28:55,700 --> 00:29:12,033 ♪ 435 00:29:12,033 --> 00:29:14,066 [Indistinct chatter] 436 00:29:18,466 --> 00:29:20,566 Woman: That dress is horrendous. 437 00:29:20,566 --> 00:29:25,666 ♪ 438 00:29:25,666 --> 00:29:27,700 [Indistinct chatter] 439 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:44,200 ♪ 440 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:47,200 What is their problem? 441 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,100 They're just not used to seeing you 442 00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:51,866 in something so conservative. 443 00:29:55,033 --> 00:29:58,766 No matter what I change, I will always be wrong. 444 00:29:58,766 --> 00:30:11,233 ♪ 445 00:30:11,233 --> 00:30:13,400 Woman What has she got on now? 446 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:19,466 ♪ 447 00:30:19,466 --> 00:30:20,533 What about this? 448 00:30:22,766 --> 00:30:23,766 Burn it. 449 00:30:23,766 --> 00:30:27,166 ♪ 450 00:30:43,133 --> 00:30:48,833 ♪ 451 00:30:48,833 --> 00:30:51,566 Posh paper. Where'd you get it? 452 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,733 The Queen's boudoir, darling. 453 00:30:54,733 --> 00:30:56,866 I had a notion it would come in useful. 454 00:30:56,866 --> 00:31:16,100 ♪ 455 00:31:16,100 --> 00:31:18,700 Right then, let's be having them. 456 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:23,866 ♪ 457 00:31:28,533 --> 00:31:30,033 Hurry up. 458 00:31:30,033 --> 00:31:31,166 We need to get to the port. 459 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,033 Only guilty people run. 460 00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:39,633 And Jeanne de Valois isn't guilty. 461 00:31:42,266 --> 00:31:45,033 Anyway, no one even knows the necklace is missing. 462 00:31:45,033 --> 00:31:46,433 Not yet. 463 00:31:46,433 --> 00:31:50,000 But when the Queen doesn't cough up the cash, 464 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,666 you'll be the world's most wanted. 465 00:31:51,666 --> 00:31:54,400 There's no evidence to connect me to any of this. 466 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,600 Yes, but when it's publicly exposed as a con-- 467 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:57,633 It won't be. 468 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,466 When Rohan works it out, he'll be so embarrassed, 469 00:32:03,466 --> 00:32:06,466 he'll use his riches to cover his mistake. 470 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:08,100 Boehmer gets his one and a half million, 471 00:32:08,100 --> 00:32:10,866 and only we will know the truth. 472 00:32:10,866 --> 00:32:14,433 And Rohan, but he won't tell a soul. 473 00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:16,366 And we won't have to hide. 474 00:32:16,366 --> 00:32:19,333 We can have our happily ever after back in London. 475 00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:22,233 No. I belong at Versailles. 476 00:32:22,233 --> 00:32:24,800 You're staying? That's suicide. 477 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,366 [Giggles] Living and feeding 478 00:32:27,366 --> 00:32:29,933 and rotting in London with you, 479 00:32:29,933 --> 00:32:31,166 that's suicide. 480 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:34,866 You'll need to flip the diamonds fast, 481 00:32:34,866 --> 00:32:36,166 before they know they're missing. 482 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,900 My Paris contact. You say I sent you. 483 00:32:46,066 --> 00:32:56,066 ♪ 484 00:32:56,066 --> 00:32:57,666 [Door opens] 485 00:32:57,666 --> 00:32:59,400 [Laughs] 486 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:00,466 [Door closes] 487 00:33:00,466 --> 00:33:06,833 ♪ 488 00:33:06,833 --> 00:33:08,866 [Footsteps] 489 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,233 Sorry, Antoinette, I did not mean to disturb. 490 00:33:18,233 --> 00:33:19,866 What is this? 491 00:33:19,866 --> 00:33:21,766 Knitting. 492 00:33:21,766 --> 00:33:24,933 For the children of the poor fallen women. 493 00:33:24,933 --> 00:33:25,966 Oh. 494 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,966 You're not pleased with my efforts? 495 00:33:33,833 --> 00:33:36,000 I am, of course. 496 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,366 [Sighs] 497 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,233 I'm sorry. 498 00:33:44,233 --> 00:33:45,866 I will leave you to your charity. 499 00:33:49,666 --> 00:33:51,800 -What's wrong? Marie: Nothing. 500 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,100 Nothing. It's my hair. 501 00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:57,433 This, it's... 502 00:34:00,133 --> 00:34:03,533 It is humiliating and ugly. 503 00:34:03,533 --> 00:34:05,633 No, it is not ugly. 504 00:34:05,633 --> 00:34:07,733 Look at me. 505 00:34:07,733 --> 00:34:08,966 You're never ugly. 506 00:34:11,366 --> 00:34:12,400 Come. 507 00:34:13,666 --> 00:34:15,033 Look at you. 508 00:34:15,033 --> 00:34:16,300 [Sighs] 509 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:22,433 It's...sophisticated. 510 00:34:22,433 --> 00:34:24,466 [Both laugh] 511 00:34:28,100 --> 00:34:29,133 Look. 512 00:34:31,133 --> 00:34:34,766 Sometimes they love you, and sometimes they hate you, 513 00:34:34,766 --> 00:34:37,566 and none of it has anything to do with you. 514 00:34:40,033 --> 00:34:42,933 The only solution is to please oneself 515 00:34:42,933 --> 00:34:45,866 and tosh to the rest. 516 00:34:45,866 --> 00:34:52,100 Remember, you are the Mother of France. 517 00:34:52,100 --> 00:35:05,400 ♪ 518 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:06,400 Thank you. 519 00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:13,133 ♪ 520 00:35:13,133 --> 00:35:15,333 How do you feel about group portraits? 521 00:35:15,333 --> 00:35:25,700 ♪ 522 00:35:25,700 --> 00:35:27,733 [Laughter] 523 00:35:27,733 --> 00:35:40,933 ♪ 524 00:35:40,933 --> 00:35:42,933 [Laughter] 525 00:35:42,933 --> 00:35:57,566 ♪ 526 00:35:57,566 --> 00:36:01,233 9 caissons in position. 81 to go. 527 00:36:01,233 --> 00:36:02,266 Tremendous. 528 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,900 Though I had hoped we'd get a little closer to the sea. 529 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:09,233 This is the best vantage point, Majesty. 530 00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:12,700 Yes. Yes, of course. 531 00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,266 It really is excellent work, don't you agree, Duchess? 532 00:36:20,466 --> 00:36:22,066 Mm-hmm. 533 00:36:22,066 --> 00:36:25,066 You look pale. Let's get you warm. 534 00:36:31,333 --> 00:36:33,533 This will be a fine legacy. 535 00:36:35,133 --> 00:36:37,066 Once the harbor is built, 536 00:36:37,066 --> 00:36:38,866 Britain will never dare to invade. 537 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:44,566 All that war, and what did we gain? 538 00:36:44,566 --> 00:36:45,600 Tobago? 539 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:52,000 Louis: And an ocean of debt. But I've seen enough. 540 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,433 You were right-- we must extend the taxes. 541 00:36:54,433 --> 00:36:56,366 The clergy and nobility must pay their way. 542 00:37:00,266 --> 00:37:02,433 Back to Versailles. 543 00:37:02,433 --> 00:37:03,433 We have work to do. 544 00:37:03,433 --> 00:37:16,600 ♪ 545 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:17,633 You're very quiet. 546 00:37:19,766 --> 00:37:21,566 Are you still feeling ill? 547 00:37:21,566 --> 00:37:22,933 No, I'm fine. 548 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:27,033 What's happening? 549 00:37:27,033 --> 00:37:29,400 I asked the driver to stop before we turn inland. 550 00:37:31,466 --> 00:37:33,066 I want one last look at the sea. 551 00:37:34,233 --> 00:37:35,300 [Chuckles] 552 00:37:36,466 --> 00:37:38,000 What? 553 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:45,333 ♪ 554 00:37:45,333 --> 00:37:47,166 What are you doing?! -Hurry up! 555 00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:50,100 Come on. -Louis! 556 00:37:50,100 --> 00:38:07,733 ♪ 557 00:38:07,733 --> 00:38:09,300 Whoo! 558 00:38:14,466 --> 00:38:33,566 ♪ 559 00:38:33,566 --> 00:38:36,766 -Well, I think-- -Hmm. 560 00:38:36,766 --> 00:38:37,800 Mm. 561 00:38:39,766 --> 00:38:42,166 Yolande: Well? What do you think of the sea? 562 00:38:42,166 --> 00:38:43,333 It's bloody freezing. 563 00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:45,733 Turn around. 564 00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:53,033 You know, there is a solution 565 00:38:53,033 --> 00:38:54,633 to Antoinette's unpopularity. 566 00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:58,166 What? What? 567 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,066 You could make me your mistress. 568 00:39:05,666 --> 00:39:07,766 We could protect each other. 569 00:39:07,766 --> 00:39:09,800 You would gain respect for your prowess. 570 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:12,200 I would expand my influence, 571 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:13,666 and the crimes Antoinette is blamed for 572 00:39:13,666 --> 00:39:15,333 would become mine, overnight. 573 00:39:18,166 --> 00:39:19,633 You don't even have to touch me. 574 00:39:21,033 --> 00:39:24,133 I could just come up to your rooms occasionally 575 00:39:24,133 --> 00:39:26,666 and play a round of piquet. 576 00:39:36,933 --> 00:39:40,266 I hate that my wife is punished for my failings. 577 00:39:42,233 --> 00:39:48,200 But...if I can be a good King, the people will love us both. 578 00:39:51,533 --> 00:39:53,233 You will always have my protection. 579 00:39:56,100 --> 00:39:57,633 But I can't take a mistress. 580 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:03,300 It's not who I am. 581 00:40:06,933 --> 00:40:10,333 I know. And I admire you for it. 582 00:40:12,333 --> 00:40:13,366 Now, come on. 583 00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:15,900 Let's go home. 584 00:40:15,900 --> 00:40:43,466 ♪ 585 00:40:43,466 --> 00:40:45,100 They should send you to war. 586 00:40:47,333 --> 00:40:50,333 Who needs cannons when you have Croquet Lamballe? 587 00:40:51,533 --> 00:40:53,300 You look amazing! 588 00:40:54,533 --> 00:40:56,833 [Laughs] 589 00:40:56,833 --> 00:40:58,033 Give me a go. 590 00:40:59,633 --> 00:41:02,533 Actually, wait. 591 00:41:05,733 --> 00:41:07,966 For you. -What? 592 00:41:16,833 --> 00:41:18,533 It's lovely. 593 00:41:18,533 --> 00:41:20,633 But what did I do to deserve this? 594 00:41:20,633 --> 00:41:26,333 Now, I know it's-- it's simple, but... 595 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,166 I wanted to show my new friend 596 00:41:32,166 --> 00:41:33,900 how much I appreciate her. 597 00:41:40,266 --> 00:41:42,300 This means more to me than you can imagine. 598 00:41:44,233 --> 00:41:46,166 You should-- -What? 599 00:41:47,733 --> 00:41:50,400 You should give up your home in Paris. 600 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:51,733 Move to Versailles full time. 601 00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:56,233 I can find you an apartment near mine. 602 00:41:57,700 --> 00:42:01,000 -I would love that. -[Both chuckle] 603 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:05,500 I just have one tiny spot of business to do first. 604 00:42:05,500 --> 00:42:19,166 ♪ 605 00:42:19,166 --> 00:42:20,500 Will you stop pacing? 606 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:23,333 You're interrupting the energy flow. 607 00:42:23,333 --> 00:42:25,533 The Queen's guard should have been here days ago! 608 00:42:25,533 --> 00:42:26,633 It doesn't make sense. 609 00:42:26,633 --> 00:42:27,800 I have searched the whole palace 610 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:28,800 looking for that guard. 611 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:29,800 He's nowhere. 612 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:30,833 [Knock on door] 613 00:42:33,033 --> 00:42:34,966 The Court Jeweler is here again, 614 00:42:34,966 --> 00:42:36,966 asking about the first installment. 615 00:42:36,966 --> 00:42:38,066 Tell him I'm not here. 616 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,233 Jeweler: I have to see him now! You have to let me in! 617 00:42:44,233 --> 00:42:45,833 Come on, let go of me! 618 00:42:45,833 --> 00:42:48,433 I know you're in there, Rohan! 619 00:42:48,433 --> 00:42:50,033 It's been 3 days! 620 00:42:51,500 --> 00:42:55,066 If your patron hasn't delivered the money by tomorrow, 621 00:42:55,066 --> 00:42:57,666 I will have to visit her myself! 622 00:43:05,066 --> 00:43:06,466 Thank you for taking time 623 00:43:06,466 --> 00:43:08,666 out of your busy schedules, gentlemen. 624 00:43:08,666 --> 00:43:10,333 Now, I'm sure you agree, 625 00:43:10,333 --> 00:43:14,333 rectifying the royal image is of utmost urgency. 626 00:43:14,333 --> 00:43:17,366 Her Majesty has read our dossier of recommendation? 627 00:43:17,366 --> 00:43:19,433 Oh, no, it was very long. 628 00:43:19,433 --> 00:43:21,033 -[Men groan] -Ridiculous. 629 00:43:22,033 --> 00:43:25,066 Shh, shh, shh. Gentlemen, gentlemen, 630 00:43:25,066 --> 00:43:26,866 I appreciate your concern. 631 00:43:28,366 --> 00:43:30,233 But I must politely remind you 632 00:43:30,233 --> 00:43:33,133 that I do not need your approval. 633 00:43:33,133 --> 00:43:37,866 Desire it, respect it, perhaps, 634 00:43:37,866 --> 00:43:42,466 but I answer only to my husband and to God. 635 00:43:42,466 --> 00:43:47,300 As such, I have decided to retain Vige Le Brun 636 00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:49,400 as my official portrait artist. 637 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:53,900 May I present to you "The Mother of France." 638 00:43:53,900 --> 00:43:59,566 A Queen, in service of her country and its future. 639 00:43:59,566 --> 00:44:01,366 [Men talking at once] 640 00:44:01,366 --> 00:44:03,000 I will, of course, show the committee 641 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,966 the finished piece before it is revealed this time... 642 00:44:07,766 --> 00:44:10,433 and, of course, his Majesty. 643 00:44:10,433 --> 00:44:13,566 [Men talking at once] 644 00:44:13,566 --> 00:44:15,766 Man: They've captured everything. 645 00:44:15,766 --> 00:44:16,866 Man 2: This is beautiful. 646 00:44:20,533 --> 00:44:22,100 -Welcome home. -Thank you. 647 00:44:26,966 --> 00:44:28,033 What's this? 648 00:44:29,033 --> 00:44:31,266 A dossier of treachery. 649 00:44:31,266 --> 00:44:33,900 While you were away, Provence uncovered a spy. 650 00:44:35,933 --> 00:44:37,366 Where did you find this traitor? 651 00:44:40,100 --> 00:44:41,300 In my wife's bed. 652 00:44:43,533 --> 00:44:47,166 She mustn't know it came from us. 653 00:44:47,166 --> 00:44:49,366 Well, I will study the evidence 654 00:44:49,366 --> 00:44:51,866 and issue a letter de cache if necessary. 655 00:44:53,066 --> 00:44:54,100 Thank you, brother. 656 00:44:54,100 --> 00:44:58,800 ♪ 657 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:00,166 [Knocking on door] 658 00:45:00,166 --> 00:45:05,966 ♪ 659 00:45:05,966 --> 00:45:07,766 Louis. 660 00:45:07,766 --> 00:45:09,733 You are transformed, Madam. 661 00:45:09,733 --> 00:45:11,800 Into the Queen France deserves, I hope. 662 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,200 How strong he looks. 663 00:45:26,666 --> 00:45:28,266 The committee was quite pleased. 664 00:45:29,966 --> 00:45:32,700 The Queen, in her most royal duty. 665 00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:33,766 The Mother of France. 666 00:45:35,033 --> 00:45:36,100 Exactly. 667 00:45:38,766 --> 00:45:40,566 I'm proud to be her. 668 00:45:40,566 --> 00:45:42,000 And I am proud of you. 669 00:45:46,133 --> 00:45:53,066 ♪ 670 00:45:53,066 --> 00:45:54,766 I hope I can be real with you. 671 00:45:56,266 --> 00:46:02,300 ♪ 672 00:46:02,300 --> 00:46:04,166 Louis, there's something I need to tell you. 673 00:46:04,166 --> 00:46:05,200 No. 674 00:46:08,166 --> 00:46:11,400 I-I know that you love another. 675 00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:16,000 ♪ 676 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,166 Neither of us know what the future might hold. 677 00:46:20,866 --> 00:46:22,600 We must seize happiness... 678 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,866 ♪ 679 00:46:26,866 --> 00:46:28,266 wherever it is found. 680 00:46:28,266 --> 00:46:32,900 ♪ 681 00:46:32,900 --> 00:46:35,033 -Louis-- -It's all right. 682 00:46:35,033 --> 00:46:40,500 ♪ 683 00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:41,566 Honestly. 684 00:46:41,566 --> 00:46:53,333 ♪ 685 00:46:53,333 --> 00:46:55,300 Where will you find your happiness? 686 00:46:55,300 --> 00:46:59,333 ♪ 687 00:46:59,333 --> 00:47:01,500 A gift. 688 00:47:01,500 --> 00:47:04,166 From the villagers of Normandy. 689 00:47:04,166 --> 00:47:06,333 -Oranges? -A precious commodity. 690 00:47:06,333 --> 00:47:07,533 They must think a lot of you. 691 00:47:07,533 --> 00:47:11,133 [Chuckles] How kind. And what's this? 692 00:47:11,133 --> 00:47:14,566 -Farmer's pate. -Thank you. 693 00:47:14,566 --> 00:47:16,633 I would hold off on the thanks until you've tried it. 694 00:47:18,166 --> 00:47:20,566 It is, without a doubt, the worst thing I've ever tasted. 695 00:47:20,566 --> 00:47:21,700 [Laughs] 696 00:47:21,700 --> 00:47:35,833 ♪ 697 00:47:35,833 --> 00:47:37,866 Excuse me, sorry. 698 00:47:37,866 --> 00:47:38,900 [Sighs] 699 00:47:38,900 --> 00:48:01,300 ♪ 700 00:48:01,300 --> 00:48:04,000 Oh, a friendly face, at last. 701 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,533 Are we still friends? I hardly see you anymore. 702 00:48:07,533 --> 00:48:09,400 Oh, God, save me. 703 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:12,866 Come, sweet Cardinal, share your burden. 704 00:48:15,133 --> 00:48:20,366 I-I have a dreadful confession to make. 705 00:48:20,366 --> 00:48:24,533 I've been robbed by one of the Queen's guards. 706 00:48:24,533 --> 00:48:26,166 What did he take? 707 00:48:26,166 --> 00:48:27,433 A diamond necklace. 708 00:48:29,333 --> 00:48:31,933 The diamond necklace. -The diamond necklace! 709 00:48:31,933 --> 00:48:32,966 Shh! 710 00:48:37,233 --> 00:48:40,000 But how? How did-- 711 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:43,100 The Queen tasked me with secretly obtaining the item 712 00:48:43,100 --> 00:48:46,033 from the jeweler, which I did. 713 00:48:46,033 --> 00:48:48,866 But then I gave it to her guard, 714 00:48:48,866 --> 00:48:50,366 and he disappeared. 715 00:48:50,366 --> 00:48:52,033 You entrusted the world's 716 00:48:52,033 --> 00:48:56,066 most expensive necklace to a guard? 717 00:48:56,066 --> 00:48:57,600 Well, he said he was a special guard. 718 00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:01,166 Oh, I see. 719 00:49:02,566 --> 00:49:04,266 [Sighs] 720 00:49:04,266 --> 00:49:08,200 So, now the Queen waits in vain for her necklace 721 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,866 and the jeweler for his payment, 722 00:49:11,866 --> 00:49:16,533 and you are in the middle like a prize plum. 723 00:49:16,533 --> 00:49:19,166 I imagine they're both furious at you. 724 00:49:19,166 --> 00:49:21,300 I just got back in the Queen's favor. 725 00:49:21,300 --> 00:49:22,700 When she finds out about this-- 726 00:49:22,700 --> 00:49:23,900 No, she can't. She'll think 727 00:49:23,900 --> 00:49:24,900 you're an imbecile. 728 00:49:24,900 --> 00:49:26,566 I know. 729 00:49:26,566 --> 00:49:28,466 If you want to save face, 730 00:49:28,466 --> 00:49:31,000 I think there's only one solution. 731 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,333 I pay the jeweler the money. 732 00:49:33,333 --> 00:49:34,833 Exactly. 733 00:49:34,833 --> 00:49:35,966 But I can't pay! 734 00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:39,733 I am destitute. 735 00:49:39,733 --> 00:49:41,066 I've spent the lot. 736 00:49:41,066 --> 00:49:48,633 ♪ 737 00:49:48,633 --> 00:49:50,900 But you are one of the richest men in France. 738 00:49:50,900 --> 00:49:52,000 I was. 739 00:49:53,333 --> 00:49:54,400 But it's gone. 740 00:49:57,633 --> 00:49:59,133 How? 741 00:49:59,133 --> 00:50:04,500 Houses. Jewels. Cagliostro. 742 00:50:04,500 --> 00:50:06,466 The poor fallen women. 743 00:50:06,466 --> 00:50:07,500 But I have a plan. 744 00:50:09,133 --> 00:50:15,366 I will hire a spy to hunt down the thief and the necklace! 745 00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:20,400 And when the brigand is delivered to me, 746 00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:21,933 I will see him hang. 747 00:50:21,933 --> 00:50:27,566 ♪ 748 00:50:32,733 --> 00:50:35,233 I hear congratulations are in order! 749 00:50:36,466 --> 00:50:37,633 Who's the lucky lady? 750 00:50:39,066 --> 00:50:41,166 To be decided. My father's sending portraits. 751 00:50:45,800 --> 00:50:47,266 Do not be seen. 752 00:50:47,266 --> 00:51:03,733 ♪ 753 00:51:03,733 --> 00:51:06,100 Marguerite! [Chuckles] 754 00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:11,766 ♪ 755 00:51:11,766 --> 00:51:13,300 Marguerite! 756 00:51:13,300 --> 00:51:20,500 ♪ 757 00:51:20,500 --> 00:51:24,633 You can't do this. Louis, you can't. 758 00:51:24,633 --> 00:51:27,400 Evidence was brought to me by reliable sources. 759 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:28,666 Marguerite is a friend of the Palais Royal 760 00:51:28,666 --> 00:51:30,366 and of Beaumarchais. 761 00:51:30,366 --> 00:51:32,366 There is reason to believe she is spying for Orléans. 762 00:51:32,366 --> 00:51:33,766 [Scoffs] 763 00:51:34,866 --> 00:51:37,133 Who told you these lies? 764 00:51:37,133 --> 00:51:39,300 -You know I can't-- -I have a right to know! 765 00:51:39,300 --> 00:51:42,500 Was it Provence? -No! No. 766 00:51:44,066 --> 00:51:46,266 I will not tell you the names of my spies, Madam. 767 00:51:47,966 --> 00:51:49,500 This is about the libelles I drew. 768 00:51:51,466 --> 00:51:53,466 You've been waiting all this time for your revenge. 769 00:51:53,466 --> 00:51:54,500 It is done. 770 00:51:56,333 --> 00:51:58,800 She has been returned to her husband in Lille. 771 00:52:01,700 --> 00:52:03,600 She was my only happiness. 772 00:52:06,500 --> 00:52:08,266 I must know my enemies. 773 00:52:10,033 --> 00:52:11,900 Then you must know you've made another in me. 774 00:52:11,900 --> 00:52:15,500 ♪ 775 00:52:15,500 --> 00:52:18,366 [Door opens and closes] 776 00:52:18,366 --> 00:52:22,800 ♪ 777 00:52:26,100 --> 00:52:29,300 I've spent a week trying to convince the public 778 00:52:29,300 --> 00:52:31,533 their Queen is respectable. 779 00:52:31,533 --> 00:52:32,866 And here I am. 780 00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:38,400 Our love is respectable. 781 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:40,166 Even Louis has given it his blessing. 782 00:52:56,966 --> 00:52:58,733 Perhaps this is us now. 783 00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:02,000 Happy ever after. 784 00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:06,700 ♪ 785 00:53:06,700 --> 00:53:09,100 He's probably jealous. 786 00:53:09,100 --> 00:53:14,266 Well, I never had any issues with your extracurriculars. 787 00:53:14,266 --> 00:53:16,466 I just missed my partner in crime. 788 00:53:16,466 --> 00:53:17,900 He won't get away with this. 789 00:53:20,733 --> 00:53:22,466 -Go on. -Wouldn't it be terrible 790 00:53:22,466 --> 00:53:26,166 if stories got out about the King's erratic behavior? 791 00:53:26,166 --> 00:53:31,833 Perhaps he's becoming melancholic, paranoid. 792 00:53:31,833 --> 00:53:33,766 All it would take is a little push. 793 00:53:33,766 --> 00:53:36,100 And when people think he's unfit to rule... 794 00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:38,566 He will be forced to hand me the crown. 795 00:53:38,566 --> 00:53:40,400 And when you take control of the throne, 796 00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:41,933 then you'll bring Marguerite back. 797 00:53:41,933 --> 00:53:47,300 ♪ 798 00:53:47,300 --> 00:53:48,466 You have my word. 799 00:53:48,466 --> 00:53:52,533 ♪ 800 00:53:52,533 --> 00:53:53,533 [Glasses clink] 801 00:53:53,533 --> 00:54:12,966 ♪ 802 00:54:12,966 --> 00:54:15,766 The Queen's guard gave you these? 803 00:54:15,766 --> 00:54:17,433 The Special Guard. 804 00:54:17,433 --> 00:54:19,266 These are forgeries. 805 00:54:19,266 --> 00:54:21,466 Someone has pretended to be the Queen, 806 00:54:21,466 --> 00:54:24,166 to deceive you into obtaining the necklace. 807 00:54:24,166 --> 00:54:25,866 [Scoffs] That's ridiculous! 808 00:54:25,866 --> 00:54:27,033 These letters are from the Queen. 809 00:54:27,033 --> 00:54:28,300 You've been deceived. 810 00:54:28,300 --> 00:54:33,700 ♪ 811 00:54:33,700 --> 00:54:36,066 Nicole, voice-over: We are two solitary ships 812 00:54:36,066 --> 00:54:39,333 navigating the vast ocean of life, 813 00:54:39,333 --> 00:54:42,366 finding companionship in a friendship 814 00:54:42,366 --> 00:54:44,266 that is more precious and rare 815 00:54:44,266 --> 00:54:47,266 than all the diamonds in the world. 816 00:54:47,266 --> 00:54:49,600 Never doubt me, Cardinal, 817 00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:53,166 for I have put my good name in your hands. 818 00:54:53,166 --> 00:54:57,333 You see, my husband and I have many enemies. 819 00:54:57,333 --> 00:55:02,266 Perhaps I encourage them with my foolish behavior. 820 00:55:02,266 --> 00:55:04,133 But I'm a weak woman, 821 00:55:04,133 --> 00:55:08,366 powerless to resist fripperies and fancies, 822 00:55:08,366 --> 00:55:11,366 and so, I must proceed in secret, 823 00:55:11,366 --> 00:55:15,333 indulging my desires behind closed doors, 824 00:55:15,333 --> 00:55:17,866 hiding my sins from the world. 825 00:55:17,866 --> 00:55:27,900 ♪ 826 00:55:27,900 --> 00:55:30,633 Good night, sweet Cardinal. 827 00:55:30,633 --> 00:55:37,266 ♪ 828 00:55:37,266 --> 00:55:40,100 I must see the Queen. Immediately. 829 00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:43,166 It's about a diamond necklace. 830 00:55:44,866 --> 00:55:51,500 ♪ 831 00:55:51,500 --> 00:55:53,300 The DVD version of this program 832 00:55:53,300 --> 00:55:56,166 is available online and in stores. 833 00:55:56,166 --> 00:55:57,733 This program is also available 834 00:55:57,733 --> 00:55:58,966 with PBS Passport 835 00:55:58,966 --> 00:56:01,500 and on Amazon Prime Video 836 00:56:01,500 --> 00:56:25,533 ♪