Which is what happened to the jewel at the center of Marie Antoinette’s Affair of the Diamond Necklace, from which these diamonds were possibly sourced. The incident may forever—and somewhat ...

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French peasants were starving and didn’t have enough bread, she exclaimed “Let ...

Ever wished you could make that cake recipe just a little bigger or smaller for the tins you have? Or know how much icing to cover a batch of cupcakes? Or how much fondant icing you need to cover ...

After Napoleon, Marie Antoinette is probably the most famous French historical figure in Britain, even though she was originally Austrian and he was Corsican. At an early age, however, both left home ...

Antoinette is a versatile senior journalist with a special interest in energy and electricity as well as local government. She specialises in explaining complex regulatory issues to stakeholders ...