Amid the revolution’s advance, Marie Antoinette struggles to support Louis’s rule.

Marie Antoinette deals with grief after the death of her daughter and faces extortion over stolen love letters to Fersen. Political turmoil, a struggling economy, and Provence’s personal attacks push Louis toward a nervous breakdown.

As the public trial begins, events quickly spiral out of Marie Antoinette and Louis’s control.

Marie Antoinette is implicated in the diamond necklace theft and determined to prove her innocence.

Marie Antoinette overhauls her image, and the King and Queen find happiness.

The people of Paris openly protest against Marie Antoinette as she protects her unborn child.

Marie Antoinette’s dangerous sexual affair with Fersen reignites when they are cast in “The Marriage of Figaro.”

Marie Antoinette and Louis prove to be compassionate and capable rulers, embracing modern ideas that prioritize rewarding talent over inherited privilege. However, enemies lurk in every corner, even within the halls of Versailles.

Louis becomes increasingly confident as he throws himself into supporting the American War of Independence. Marie Antoinette embraces life at the Petit Trianon where she becomes enamored by a familiar face -- Count Axel von Fersen.

Marie Antoinette is pregnant at last! But her reputation is attacked when pornographic pamphlets challenging the legitimacy of her unborn child appear at Versailles. Louis demands a full-blown investigation to nail the seditious traitors.