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As the Dauphine stepped out of her carriage on to the ceremonial carpet that had been laid down, it was the Duc de Choiseul who was given the privilege of the first salute. Presented with the Duc by Prince Starhemberg, Marie Antoinette exclaimed: 'I shall never forget that you are responsible for my happiness!
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If sexual experiences were theoretically minimal, social expectations were on the contrary great. Once there was a Drag Hunt Ball just outside Oxford, to which I had unaccountably failed to be asked. I asked God to so something about it, and God recklessly killed poor King George VI, as a result of which the Hunt Ball was cancelled.
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August 27, 1932
(age 92)
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Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, née Pakenham, is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction.
Known for:
Marie Antoinette: The Journey (2001)
Mary Queen of Scots (1969)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1992)
Warrior Queens (1988)
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