The Marie Antoinette Cake Myth

Okay, history besties—did Marie Antoinette actually say, Let them eat cake?

The rumor says poor people had no bread, so she said, Eat dessert.

But here is the tea—there is zero proof she ever said that. None.

The quote appeared years earlier, and people slapped her name on it later.

She was foreign, rich, and France was mad. History said,

Sounds like her. She never said it. Follow for more history gossip with

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