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Season 2 Episode 2 | 30s

Marie Antoinette’s dangerous sexual affair with Fersen reignites when they are cast in “The Marriage of Figaro.” However, the production turns out to be a calculated plot, orchestrated by the Palais-Royal, to challenge Louis’s authority.

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