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Why was Marie Antoinette treated worse than Louis XVI?

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Before Louis XVI, both the queen and the king's pampered mistresses shared the weight of critics' displaced frustration. Scholars have noted that since Louis XVI had no mistresses, Marie Antoinette was subject to an extra level of disparagement.
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