Preparing for her execution, Marie Antoinette had to change clothes in front of her guards. She put on a plain white dress, white being the color worn by widowed queens of France.

Her hair was shorn, her hands bound painfully behind her back and she was put on a rope leash.

Marie Antoinette had to sit in an open cart for the hour it took to convey her from the Conciergerie to reach the Place de la Révolution.

She maintained her composure, despite the insults of the cheering crowd. A priest was assigned to her to hear her final confession. He sat by her in the cart, but she ignored him all the way to the scaffold.

Her last words were ‘Pardon me, sir, I meant not to do it’, to Henri Sanson the executioner, whose foot she had accidentally stepped on after climbing to the scaffold.

I know a guy who’s tough but sweet

He’s so fine, he can’t be beat

He’s got everything that I desire

Sets the summer sun on fire

Go to see him when the sun goes down

Ain’t no finer boy in town

You’re my guy, just what the doctor ordered

So sweet, you make my mouth water

Candy on the beach, there’s nothing better

But I like candy when it’s wrapped in a sweater

Some day soon I’ll make you mine,

Then I’ll have candy all the time