Marie Antoinette Receives Advice from her Mother about Louis XV

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Marie Antoinette's mother, Empress Maria Theresa, writes to her daughter with some advice regarding King Louis XV.
Young Marie Antoinette makes a funny face while talking to king Louis XV, a film still from the 2006 film Marie Antoinette

“You are his Majesty's first subject; you owe him submission and obedience; you owe an example to the Court, to the courtiers, who execute the will of your master."Maria Theresa, 30 September 1771

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